Acheneau
Sign in to saveThe Acheneau () is a French river in the Loire-Atlantique Department, in the Pays de la Loire region, a tributary on the left bank of the Loire which is fed by the Lac de Grand-Lieu.
Key facts
- River.name
- Acheneau
- River.image
- Port-Saint-Père - Château de Granville depuis le pont.jpg
- River.image_size
- 250px
- River.map
- Acheneau OSM.png
- River.pushpin_map
- France#France Pays de la Loire
- River.image_caption
- The château de Granville at Port-Saint-Père from the bridge over the Acheneau
- River.mouth_location
- Loire at Le Pellerin
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- France
- River.subdivision_type2
- Department
- River.subdivision_name2
- Loire-Atlantique
- River.subdivision_type3
- Arrondissement
- River.subdivision_name3
- Nantes
- River.source1
- Lac de Grand-Lieu, Pays de Retz
- River.source1_location
- Saint-Aignan-Grandlieu
- River.river_system
- Loire
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 4
- Image
- Lac de Grand-Lieu.jpg
- Length
- 28.9
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The Acheneau () is a French river in the Loire-Atlantique Department, in the Pays de la Loire region, a tributary on the left bank of the Loire which is fed by the Lac de Grand-Lieu.
== Geography == Beginning at the north of the Lac de Grand-Lieu, the Acheneau is joined from the south by the at Saint-Léger-les-Vignes. After passing through Port-Saint-Père, it passes Cheix-en-Retz and the confluence of the Blanche, also from the south, then reaches the outskirts of Rouans, from which it takes the 4 km route of the Buzay canal which, after crossing the , joins the Loire at the end of a 29.8 km route. Before the construction of the Buzay canal, the current “Vue étier” formed its natural course between Vue (source) and Rouans (confluence).
On the map
5 mapped locations