The Venoge () is a Swiss river located in the

canton of Vaud Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms ...

, a tributary of the

Rhône The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...

, via

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. The Swiss poet Jean Villard Gilles wrote a poem about it, '' La Venoge'', in 1954.

Geography

The Venoge has its source at

L'Isle L'Isle is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Western Switzerland, located in the district of Morges. History L'Isle is first mentioned in 1216 as ''Chablie''. In 1299 it was mentioned as ''Insula de Chablie'' and in 1324 as ''Lylaz''. Geog ...

in the canton of Vaud and flows 44 km down to

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, by Saint-Sulpice.

Course

Between its source in

and

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, la Venoge runs through Cuarnens, La Chaux, Moiry, Chevilly, Ferreyres,

La Sarraz La Sarraz is a municipality of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Morges. History La Sarraz is first mentioned in 1149 as ''Sarrata''. It is also known as the place of establishment of Le Congrès International d'Archit ...

, Éclépens,

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Aclens Aclens is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges. History Aclens is first mentioned in 1002 as ''Astlegus''. Geography Aclens has an area, , of . Of this area, or 68.7% is used for agricultural purpo ...

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, Écublens,

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to finally reach Saint-Sulpice.

Tributaries

* Le Veyron * La Molombe * La Senoge

History

The Venoge was called ''Venobia'' in 814, ''Venubia'' in 937, ''Vinogia'' in 7th century, ''Venopia'' in 1313 and ''Venogy'' in 1316. Its name is probably of

Celt The Celts (, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples () are. "CELTS location: Greater Europe time period: Second millennium B.C.E. to present ancestry: Celtic a collection of Indo-European peoples. "The Celts, an ancient ...

ic origin. In 1913 it was described as splitting at

, with the smaller part joining to the Mozon, which flows into

Lake Neuchâtel Lake Neuchâtel (french: Lac de Neuchâtel ; frp, Lèc de Nôchâtél; german: Neuenburgersee) is a lake primarily in Romandy, in the French-speaking part of Switzerland. The lake lies mainly in the canton of Neuchâtel, but is also shared by t ...

at Yverdon-les-Bains, and the main part turning to the south and flowing into

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east of Morges. The river has been subject to heavy pollution during the 20th century. The building of more and better sewage plants along its course has led to an improvement since 1990.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Venoge (River) Rivers of Switzerland Rivers of the canton of Vaud Rivers of the Jura

Geography

Course

Tributaries

History

See also

References