Cère

Gorges de la Cère

The Cère is a river in south-western France. It rises in the Monts du Cantal, at the Col de Font de Cère, in the municipality of Saint -Jacques -des- Blats. You drained general directions west and ends after 120 kilometers in Girac as a left tributary of the Dordogne. In the middle reaches of the Cère is dammed to form the lake of Saint- Étienne- Cantalès.

By Crossed departments

• Cantal, in the Auvergne region
• Corrèze, in the Limousin region
• Lot in the Midi -Pyrénées

Places on the river

• Saint -Jacques -des- Blats
• Vic- sur -Cère
• Arpajon- sur -Cère, near Aurillac
• Sansac -de- Marmiesse
• Laroquebrou
• Gagnac -sur -Cère
• Bretenoux

Tributaries

(Sequence in the flow direction )

Left tributaries:

• Lentat (11 miles)
• Roannes (20 miles)
• Pontal (13 miles)
• Escalmels (25 miles)

Rights tributaries:

• Mamou (15 miles)
• Jordanne (41 miles)
• Authre (42 miles)
• Auze (15 miles)
• Orgues (11 miles)

Attractions

• Gorges de la Cère, an imposing gorge