The Gartempe () is a French river, long.
It is a left tributary of the
Creuse
Creuse (; oc, Cruesa or ) is a department in central France named after the river Creuse. After Lozère, it is the second least populated department in France. It is bordered by Indre and Cher to the north, Allier and Puy-de-Dôme to the eas ...
, which it joins in
La Roche-Posay
La Roche-Posay () is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France
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. Its source is in the municipality of
Peyrabout
Peyrabout (; oc, Peirabon) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.Anglin
The Anglin () is a long river in the Creuse, Indre and Vienne departments in central France. Its source is near Azerables. It flows generally northwest. It is a right tributary of the Gartempe, into which it flows near Angles-sur-l'Anglin.
...
, the
Brame
The Brame ( oc, Brama, french: la Brame) is a long river in the Creuse and Haute-Vienne ''départements'', central France. Its source is at La Souterraine. It flows generally west. It is a right tributary of the Gartempe into which it flows be ...
, the
Semme
The Semme () is a river in the Creuse and Haute-Vienne departments, in central France. Its source is in Saint-Priest-la-Feuille. It flows generally west and is a right tributary of the Gartempe, into which it flows near le Bouchard, a hamlet ...
and the
Ardour.
The Gartempe flows generally northwest through the following
departments and towns:
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Creuse
Creuse (; oc, Cruesa or ) is a department in central France named after the river Creuse. After Lozère, it is the second least populated department in France. It is bordered by Indre and Cher to the north, Allier and Puy-de-Dôme to the eas ...
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Peyrabout
Peyrabout (; oc, Peirabon) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.Le Grand-Bourg
Le Grand-Bourg (; Limousin: ''Le Borg'') is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France.
Geography
An area of farming and forestry comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated some west of G ...
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Indre
Indre (; oc, Endre) is a landlocked department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the ''Indriens'' (masculine; ) and ''Indriennes'' (feminine; ). Indre is part of the current administ ...
:
Néons-sur-Creuse
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Indre-et-Loire
Indre-et-Loire () is a department in west-central France named after the Indre River and Loire River
The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it ...
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Yzeures-sur-Creuse
Yzeures-sur-Creuse (, literally ''Yzeures on Creuse (river), Creuse'') is a communes of France, commune in the Indre-et-Loire departments of France, department, central France.
It is one of the oldest towns in Touraine, occupation dating back to ...
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Haute-Vienne
Haute-Vienne (; oc, Nauta Vinhana, ; English: Upper Vienne) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve departments that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitai ...
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Châteauponsac
Châteauponsac (; ), also known locally as Château Lorraine, is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.
Geography
The river Semme flows westward to the north of the commune, then forms part ...
,
Rancon
Rancon (; oc, Rancom) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France.
History
The earliest known name for Rancon is Roncomagus; which comes from the Gallic and means 'market at the rock' ...
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Vienne
Vienne (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Viéne'') is a landlocked department in the French region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It takes its name from the river Vienne. It had a population of 438,435 in 2019.[Montmorillon
Montmorillon () is a commune in central-western France, in the Vienne department of which it is a sub-prefecture, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Its inhabitants are called ''Montmorillonnaises'' ''and Montmorillonnais''.
Montmorillon is a Book town an ...]
,
Saint-Savin,
La Roche-Posay
La Roche-Posay () is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France
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References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Rivers of Centre-Val de Loire
Rivers of Creuse
Rivers of Indre
Rivers of Indre-et-Loire
Rivers of Haute-Vienne
Rivers of Vienne
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