The Sédelle is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

in 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 ...

department, central

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; it is a tributary of the river

and a sub-affluent of the

Loire 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 drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône ...

Geography

It is long. The river spring is located near

Lizières Lizières (; oc, Lisieres) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. Geography An area of lakes and farming, comprising the village and a few small hamlets, situated some west of Guéret on the ...

. The river has a meandering path. It joins la Creuse near the

lac de Chambon The Lac de Chambon (''Chambon Lake'') is an artificial lake on the river Creuse, France, created by the Éguzon Dam, a hydroelectric dam. Beaches have been created around the lake, the largest in the Centre Region. There is a sailing school on the ...

Towns

La Sédelle flows through the communes of

Saint-Priest-la-Feuille Saint-Priest-la-Feuille (; oc, Sant Prit la Fuèlha) is a commune in the Creuse department in central France. Geography The river Semme has its source in the commune. Population See also *Communes of the Creuse department The following is ...

La Souterraine La Souterraine (; Limousin: ''La Sotarrana'') is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. Geography La Souterraine is an area of farming and light industry, comprising the town and a few small hamlet ...

, Saint-Agnant-de-Versillat, Saint-Germain-Beaupré, Saint-Léger-Bridereix, Sagnat,

La Chapelle-Baloue La Chapelle-Baloue (; oc, La Chapèle) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. Geography A farming area comprising the village and a few small hamlets situated at the junction of the rivers Sé ...

, Lafat and

Crozant Crozant (; oc, Crosenc) is a commune in the Creuse department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in France. Geography A tourism and farming village situated some northeast of Guéret, on the D72 and by the banks of the river Creuse, the boundar ...

Fish

La Sédelle is lush in wild trouts (truites farios),

chubs Chub is a common fish name. It pertains to any one of a number of ray-finned fish in several families and genera. In the UK, the term ''chub'' usually refers to the species ''Squalius cephalus''. In addition, see sea chub. In family Cyprinidae ...

, bleaks, pikes and

zander The zander (''Sander lucioperca''), sander or pikeperch, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Percidae, which includes the perches, ruffes and darters. It is found in freshwater and brackish habitats in western Eurasia. It is a popul ...

s. Elle fait ainsi le bonheur des pêcheurs creusois.

Curiosities and tourism

, medieval town, 11th and 12th century church (tower from the 13th), with a crypt enclosing an old subterranean* Gallo-Roman sanctuary. Many middle-age and Renaissance houses. * the name of the city * The

: aquatic sporting activities; hiking; dam visit * The

school, inhoding landscape painters of the 19th and 20th centuries, near

and

Fresselines Fresselines (; oc, Fraisselinas) is a Communes of France, commune in the Creuse Departments of France, department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regions of France, region in central France. Geography A tourism and farming village situated some nort ...

(a generic term), referring to those who sought inspiration on the riverbanks of la

. In 1889, during a stay at

Claude Monet Oscar-Claude Monet (, , ; 14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926) was a French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism, especially in his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it. During ...

carried out a first series on the confluent of the two Creuses. He made 23 canvas paintings in the valley.

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Rivers of Creuse {{France-river-stub