Odon (river)

The river in Bretteville -sur -Odon

The Odon is a river in France, which runs in the Basse -Normandie Calvados region. It rises in the municipality of Ondefontaine, suggests in the upper reaches an arc from west to east, but then turns to the northeast and ends after 47 kilometers in the municipality of Louvigny, on the southern outskirts of Caen, as a left tributary of the River Orne.

History

Originally was the mouth of the Odon in several river tributaries, of which the largest, the Grand Odon, right through the city of Caen was. As the river was used by the public mainly as a disposal channel and it therefore took him in connection with the outbreak of several epidemics, he was in the middle of the 19th century by the city administration into the ground and after the Second World War, even in a channel outside the city ​​laid. The last witness of the Odon in the city of Caen is the Bassin Saint- Pierre, which now houses a marina.

Today's Bassin Saint- Pierre

Places on the river

  • Jurques
  • Aunay -sur -Odon
  • Epinay- sur -Odon
  • Bougy
  • Mouen
  • Fontaine- Étoupefour
  • Verson
  • Bretteville -sur -Odon
  • Caen
  • Louvigny

Comments

  • Orne river system ( English Channel )
  • River in Europe
Lower Normandy Aunay-sur-Odon Bretteville-sur-Odon
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