The Luy de Béarn (, literally ''Luy of
Béarn''; oc, Lui de Bearn) is a left tributary of the
Luy
The Luy is a left tributary of the Adour, in the Landes, in the Southwest of France. It is long, including its right source river ''Luy de France''.
Geography
The Luy is the union of two neighboring rivers, the Luy de Béarn, which is long ...
, in the Southwest of
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
. It is long.
Geography
The source of the Luy de
Béarn is at the base of the plateau of
Ger, east of
Pau. It flows north-west through the
Chalosse Chalosse (; oc-gsc, Shalòssa or ) is a wine-growing area in Gascony, in south-west France. It lies in the ''departement'' of Landes and is centred on the town of Dax.
Chalosse also gives its name to ''coteaux de Chalosse'', the wine of the are ...
region and joins the
Luy de France to form the
Luy
The Luy is a left tributary of the Adour, in the Landes, in the Southwest of France. It is long, including its right source river ''Luy de France''.
Geography
The Luy is the union of two neighboring rivers, the Luy de Béarn, which is long ...
below the castle of
Gaujacq.
Départements and towns
The Luy de Béarn flows through the following departments and towns:
*
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Pyrénées-Atlantiques (; Gascon Occitan: ''Pirenèus Atlantics''; eu, Pirinio Atlantiarrak or ) is a department in the southwest corner of France and of the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Named after the Pyrenees mountain range and the Atlant ...
:
Montardon
Montardon () is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
Montardon offers several sports facilities: a tennis and a basketball playgrounds.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques depart ...
,
Sauvagnon,
Sault-de-Navailles
Sault-de-Navailles (; oc, Saut de Navalhas) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
See also
*Communes of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department
The following is a list of the 546 communes of the Pyrà ...
*
Landes:
Amou
Main tributaries
* (L)
Aïgue Longue
The Aïgue Longue (or ''Aygue Longue'') is a left tributary of the Luy de Béarn, at Mazerolles, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the Southwest of France. It is long.
Name
Its name means 'long water (stream)'.
Geography
The Aïgue Longue rises ...
, from the moor of
Pont-Long in the north of
Pau.
* (L)
Uzan, in
Uzan, also from
Pont-Long.
* (L) Aubin.
* (L) Oursoû, from the nord of
Orthez
Orthez (; eu, Ortheze; oc, Ortès, ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, and region of New Aquitaine, southwestern France.
It lies 40 km NW of Pau on the Southern railway to Bayonne. The town also encompasses the sm ...
.
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Landes (department)
Rivers of Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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