Vilaine
Sign in to savethumb|right|250px|The Vilaine in Bruz The Vilaine (; ) is a river in Brittany, in the west of France. The river's source is in the Mayenne département (53), and it flows out into the Atlantic Ocean at Pénestin in the Morbihan département (56). It is 218 km long.
Key facts
- River.name
- Vilaine
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- La Vilaine à Rennes.JPG
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- The Vilaine in Rennes.
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- France#France Bretagne
- River.source1_location
- Juvigné, Mayenne
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- Atlantic Ocean
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- Country
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- France
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Course of the river
- Hydrology
- Navigation
- Main tributaries
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|right|250px|The Vilaine in Bruz The Vilaine (; ) is a river in Brittany, in the west of France. The river's source is in the Mayenne département (53), and it flows out into the Atlantic Ocean at Pénestin in the Morbihan département (56). It is 218 km long.
==Course of the river== The river arises near the towns of Juvigné and La Croixille. It passes through 4 départements (Mayenne, Ille-et-Vilaine, Loire-Atlantique and Morbihan) and 4 main towns (Rennes, Vitré, Redon, and La Roche-Bernard), then flows into the Bay of Biscay by Pénestin.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vilaine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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