Veyle
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| Veyle | |
|---|---|
| File:Le pont suspendu Pont de Veyle.JPG The Veyle at Pont-de-Veyle | |
| File:Veyle.png Course of the Veyle | |
| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Magenet pond |
| • location | Chalamont |
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| • elevation | 306 m (1,004 ft) |
| Mouth | Saône |
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• elevation | 170 m (560 ft) |
| Length | 66.8 km (41.5 mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 6.81 m3/s (240 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Saône→ Rhône→ Mediterranean Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Irance, Renon, distributary Petit Veyle |
| • right | Menthon, Bief de Pommier, Poches stream |
The Veyle (French pronunciation: [vɛl]; Arpitan: Vêla) is a 66.8 km (41.5 mi) long river in the Ain department in eastern France.[1] Its source is in Chalamont. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Saône, into which it flows between Grièges and Crottet, near Mâcon.
Communes along its course
[edit | edit source]This list is ordered from source to mouth:
- Chalamont, Châtenay, Dompierre-sur-Veyle, Lent, Servas, Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc, Péronnas, Saint-Rémy, Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg, Buellas, Polliat, Mézériat, Vonnas, Saint-Julien-sur-Veyle, Biziat, Perrex, Saint-Jean-sur-Veyle, Pont-de-Veyle, Crottet, Grièges
References
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