Veyle
Appearance
Veyle | |
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The Veyle at Pont-de-Veyle | |
![]() Course of the Veyle | |
Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Magenet pond |
• location | Chalamont |
• coordinates | 46°00′11″N 05°12′36″E / 46.00306°N 5.21000°E |
• elevation | 306 m (1,004 ft) |
Mouth | Saône |
• coordinates | 46°15′39″N 04°50′16″E / 46.26083°N 4.83778°E |
• 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]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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