The Sédelle is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

in the

Creuse Creuse (; 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 east, Cor ...

department, central

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; it is a tributary of the river

and a sub-affluent of the

Loire The Loire ( , , ; ; ; ; ) 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. It rises in the so ...

Geography

It is long. The river spring is located near Lizières. 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 Lizières,

Saint-Priest-la-Feuille Saint-Priest-la-Feuille (; ) 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 a list of the 255 ...

La Souterraine La Souterraine (; Limousin dialect, Limousin: ''La Sotarrana'') is a Communes of France, commune in the west-central French Departments of France, department of Creuse. Geography La Souterraine is an area of farming and light industry, comprisi ...

Saint-Agnant-de-Versillat Saint-Agnant-de-Versillat (; ) is a commune in the Creuse department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Creuse department The following is a list of the 255 communes of the Creuse department of France. The commun ...

Saint-Germain-Beaupré Saint-Germain-Beaupré (; Limousin: ''Sent German'') is a commune in the Creuse department in central France. Population See also * Château de Saint-Germain-Beaupré *Communes of the Creuse department The following is a list of the 255 ...

Saint-Léger-Bridereix Saint-Léger-Bridereix (; Limousin: ''Sent Legèr'') is a commune in the Creuse department in central France. Population See also *Communes of the Creuse department The following is a list of the 255 communes of the Creuse department ...

, Sagnat, La Chapelle-Baloue, Lafat and

Crozant Crozant (; Limousin dialect, Limousin: ''Crosenc'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Creuse Departments of France, department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regions of France, region in France. Geography A tourism and farming village situated ...

Fish

La Sédelle is lush in wild trouts (truites farios), chubs, bleaks, pikes and

zander The zander (''Sander lucioperca''), sander or pikeperch, is a species of ray-finned fish from the Family (biology), family Percidae, which also includes perch, Gymnocephalus, ruffe and Darter (fish), darter. It is found in freshwater and brackis ...

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

. In 1889, during a stay at Fresselines,

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

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