Vilaine
| Vilaine La Vilaine (French) | |
|---|---|
 The Vilaine in Rennes. | |
   | |
| Location | |
| Country | France |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| - location | Juvigné, Mayenne |
| - coordinates | 48°13′46″N 01°03′11″W / 48.22944°N 1.05306°W |
| - elevation | 175 m (574 ft) |
| Mouth | |
| - location | Atlantic Ocean |
| - coordinates | 47°30′20″N 2°29′57″W / 47.50556°N 2.49917°W |
| Length | 218.1 km (135.5 mi) |
| Basin size | 10,882 km2 (4,202 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 80 m3/s (2,800 cu ft/s) |
The Vilaine is a river in Brittany, in the west of France. It starts in the Mayenne département , and it flows out into the Atlantic Ocean at Pénestin in the Morbihan département. It is 218 km long. It was one of the first rivers in France to be canalised. Some weirs and locks were built from 1540,
It is part of Brittany's canal system, which was built mainly in the 19th century for small barges. It is joined by the Canal d’Ille-et-Rance at Rennes. It also joins the Canal de Nantes à Brest.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "French Waterways in Detail //River Vilaine". French Waterways. Retrieved 2023-04-19.