Vienne (river)

The confluence of the Vienne (foreground) in the Loire

The Vienne is a river in France. It rises in the Massif Central, the Plateau de Millevaches in the Regional Natural Park Millevaches en Limousin. Your sources are located in the municipality of Millevaches, southwest of the village Audouze, approximately 880 meters above sea level, on the northeast edge of the Puy Lacaux. The Vienne drained initially to the west, then turns north and flows after 363 kilometers in the Regional Natural Park Loire -Anjou- Touraine at Candes -Saint -Martin with about 203 m³ / s as a left tributary of the Loire.

At the Vienne nuclear power plant Civaux.

By Crossed departments

Limousin region:

• Correze
• Creuse
• Haute- Vienne ( named after the river)

Poitou- Charentes:

• Charente
• Vienne ( named after the river)

Centre Region:

• Indre- et- Loire

Places on the river

In Correze:

• Peyrelevade

In the department of Haute- Vienne:

• Rempnat
• Eymoutiers
• Saint- Léonard- de -Noblat
• Limoges
• Aixe -sur -Vienne
• Saint- Junien

In Charente:

• Confolens

In Vienne:

• Chauvigny
• Chatellerault

In the department of Indre -et- Loire:

• Chinon
• Candes -Saint -Martin

Tributaries

(Order from source to mouth )

Left tributaries:

• Combade
• Briance
• Aixette
• Gorre
• Grene
• Clain
• Envigne
• Veude
• Négron

Rights tributaries:

• Maulde
• Taurion
• Aurence
• Glane
• Goire
• Issoire
• Grande Blourde
• Petite Blourde
• Ozone
• Creuse
• Manse