Laïta

The Laïta west Guidel

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The Laïta ( Laeta Breton ) is an approximately 17 km long estuary in Brittany, France. It crosses the Finistère department and forms the greater part of its course the border of Morbihan.

Course

The Laïta is the estuary of the River Ellé ( in Breton Ele ) and starts at about the junction of its right tributary Isole ( in Breton Izol ) in the center of Quimperlé. Throughout their history the Laïta is influenced by the tides, their valley belongs to the type of the estuary, in Brittany called buts.

The Laïta flows continuously in a southerly direction and has cut deep into the surrounding landscape. The Pride Rock ( Rocher Royal) on the right bank rises almost 70 meters over the river; there are also remains of a former castle. About about half its length, the river runs along the eastern edge of a forest ( Forêt de Carnoët ). The, also known as Rivière du Pouldu underflow opens between Pouldu and Guidel- Plages in the Bay of Pouldu ( Anse du Pouldu, part of the Gulf of Biscay ) in the Atlantic Ocean. Your flow to three streams, the Ruisseau de Dourdu, the Ruisseau de Pont Douar and the Ruisseau du Quinquis.

Hydrology

After heavy floods in 2001 in the city of Quimperlé the entire catchment area in 2009 was declared a Schéma d' aménagement et de gestion des eaux (Sage ); thereby to the outflow of waters regulated, improves water quality and the ecology of adjacent shore areas, at the same time the coastal mussel cultures are protected. The WWF, however, has an initiative launched in late 2010 to life in order to renature the river system to a wild waters.

Crossings

Three buildings spanning the valley: on the southern outskirts of Quimperlé the bridge of the highway-like developed Route Nationale N 165 and a 1862 -built railway viaduct to another road bridge near the ancient convent of Saint- Maurice- de -Carnoët along the route Departmental D 224 / D 162 between Clohars -Carnoët and Guidel.

In the summer season runs a passenger ferry between the marina ( port de plaisance ) Le Pouldu and Guidel- Plages.

Landscape as a theme in art

The environment has the Gauguin Paul Sérusier students inspired his painting Les Laveuses à la Laïta, près du Pouldu ( The Washerwomen at the Laïta, near Le Pouldu, pictured at right) of 1892. Also Gauguin himself, who repeatedly was staying at that time in the nearby artist colony of Pont -Aven and lived from 1889 to 1893 in Le Pouldu together with Jacob Meijer de Haan, along the Laïta often taken walks. Today, near the river on the west bank also runs a Paul - Gauguin - way.

Even earlier, in the mid- 19th century, Paul Huet La Laïta à marée haute dans la forêt de Quimperlé had created ( The Laïta at high tide in the forest of Quimperlé ). Later artists have taken motifs around the river, such as Henri Rivière ( Voiliers sur la Laïta / Sailboats on the Laïta, 1899) or, in the 21st century, André Méhu (Chez François au port du Bas Pouldu / When François at the harbor by le Bas Pouldu ).