Sélune
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The Sélune () is an 85 km long river in the Manche department, Normandy, France, beginning near Saint-Cyr-du-Bailleul. It empties into the bay of Mont Saint-Michel (part of the English Channel) near Avranches, close to the mouth of the Sée river. Other towns along the Sélune are Barenton, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët and Ducey.
Key facts
- River.name
- Sélune
- River.image
- Sélune à Ducey.jpg
- River.image_caption
- The Selune at Ducey
- River.map
- Sélune.png
- River.source1_location
- Normandy
- River.mouth_location
- English Channel
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- France
- River.discharge1_avg
- 11 m3/s
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Barrage de Vezins.jpg
- Length
- 84.7
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- Commons category
- Sélune
- watershed area
- 1038
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The Sélune () is an 85 km long river in the Manche department, Normandy, France, beginning near Saint-Cyr-du-Bailleul. It empties into the bay of Mont Saint-Michel (part of the English Channel) near Avranches, close to the mouth of the Sée river. Other towns along the Sélune are Barenton, Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët and Ducey.
The Sélune river previously had 2 hydroelectric dams, the Vezine dams, installed from 1914 until 2023 when their dismantling was complete. The river has been subsquently re-establishing itself and some trout were rapidly found upstream from the dismantled dams.
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2 mapped locations