The Chère (; br, Kaer) is a long river in the

Loire-Atlantique Loire-Atlantique (; br, Liger-Atlantel; before 1957: ''Loire-Inférieure'', br, Liger-Izelañ, link=no) is a department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. It had a population o ...

and

Ille-et-Vilaine Ille-et-Vilaine (; br, Il-ha-Gwilen) is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named after the two rivers of the Ille and the Vilaine. It had a population of 1,079,498 in 2019.

'' départements'', northwestern France. Its source is at Soudan. It flows generally west. It is a

left tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage b ...

of the

Vilaine The Vilaine (; br, Gwilen) is a river in Brittany, in the west of France. The river's source is in the Mayenne ''département'' (53), and it flows out into the Atlantic Ocean at Pénestin in the Morbihan ''département'' (56). It is 218 km ...

into which it flows between

Pierric Pierric (; br, Pierig) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Geography The river Chère forms all of the commune's northern border, then flows into the Vilaine. Population See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantiq ...

and

Sainte-Anne-sur-Vilaine Sainte-Anne-sur-Vilaine (, literally ''Sainte-Anne on Vilaine''; br, Santez-Anna-ar-Gwilen) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France. Geography The river Chère forms all of the commune's southern border, ...

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Loire-Atlantique: Soudan,

Châteaubriant Châteaubriant (; br, Kastell-Briant; Gallo: ''Châtiaoberiant'') is a town in western France, about southwest of Paris, and one of the three sous-préfectures of the Loire-Atlantique department. Châteaubriant is also situated in the historica ...

Rougé Rougé (; br, Ruzieg) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, near Rennes. The name "Rougé" comes from the Latin "Rubiacus", means ''the red place'', in reference to the high iron-composition of the ground. Geograph ...

Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux (; br, Sant-Albin-ar-C'hestell) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Geography The village is located in the northwestern part of the commune on the right bank of the river Chère, which fl ...

Sion-les-Mines Sion-les-Mines (; br, Hezin-ar-Mengleuzioù) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Geography The river Chère flows westward through the commune. See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following ...

Mouais Mouais (; Gallo: ''Móaè'', ; br, Lanvoe) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. History It is possible that the toponym comes from the hagionym Moë, an obscure Breton saint. Geography The town is located on the ...

, Derval, *Ille-et-Vilaine:

Grand-Fougeray Grand-Fougeray (; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France. Geography The river Chère forms most of the commune's southern border. Population Inhabitants of Grand-Fougeray are called ''Fulkériens'' i ...

, *Loire-Atlantique: Pierric, *Ille-et-Vilaine: Sainte-Anne-sur-Vilaine

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