Loue

The Loue in Quingey

The Loue is a river in eastern France in the region of Franche -Comté. It springs from a prolific karst spring in the municipality of Ouhans in 535 m height, dehydrated in sweeping loops through the Jura folds generally in a westerly direction and flows Parcey in the Doubs.

Geography

Source de la Loue

The Source de la Loue (English Source of the Loue ) is the largest karst spring in the Jura. It lies north of Ouhans and showered in the middle 6,890 l / s The source flowing out of the water masses have cut a powerful, vertical blade into the surrounding limestone layers. The a huge cave in the rock springing spring water comes from the top, among other Doubs, which seeps partially in Pontarlier. This phenomenon was discovered when a 1901 Absinthe Distillery in Pontarlier caught fire and large quantities of absinthe poured into the river. A few days later the waters of the Loue smelled strongly of anise. Subsequent staining experiments confirmed this observation.

Course

The Loue goes through according to their origin close wooded gorge with vertical limestone cliffs. There you flowing to the water of the Source du Pontet. In Châtillon -sur- Lison Lison the Karst river empties into the Loue, hereinafter northwest track at Chenecey- Buillon the Doubs approaches to up to 2.5 km away and bends according southwest. The Loue flows 122 kilometers to the municipal boundary of Parcey and Rahon from the left and east in the Doubs. On their way the Loue crosses the departments of Doubs and Jura.

The Loue is from Ornans a popular with canoeists traveling the river.

Inflows

The most important tributaries of the Loue are ( downstream ):

  • Pontet, right before Mouthier -Haute -Pierre
  • Brême, from right to Ornans
  • Lison, from the left of Châtillon -sur- Lison
  • Furieuse, from left to Rennes -sur- Loue
  • Larine, left at Chamblay
  • Cuisance, left at Souvans

A right old arm at Parcey opens, just above the river itself, together with the Clauge.

Places on the river

  • Mouthier -Haute -Pierre
  • Vuillafans
  • Montgesoye
  • Ornans
  • Chenecey- Buillon
  • Quingey
  • Port-Lesney
  • Arc- et- Senans
  • Cramans
  • Chissey -sur- Loue
  • Chamblay
  • Parcey
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