The Chère (; ) is a long river in the

Loire-Atlantique Loire-Atlantique (; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Louére-Atantique''; ; before 1957: ''Loire-Inférieure'', ) is a departments of France, department in Pays de la Loire on the west coast of France, named after the river Loire and the Atlantic Ocean. ...

and

Ille-et-Vilaine Ille-et-Vilaine (; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Ill-e-Vilaenn'', ) is a departments of France, department of France, located in the regions of France, region of Brittany (administrative region), Brittany in the northwest of the country. It is named a ...

départements In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...

'', northwestern France. Its source is at Soudan. It flows generally west. It is a

left tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ('' main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which the ...

of the

Vilaine The Vilaine (; ) is a river in Brittany, in the west of France. The river's source is in the Mayenne ''Département in France, département'' (53), and it flows out into the Atlantic Ocean at Pénestin in the Morbihan ''département'' (56). It is ...

into which it flows between Pierric and Sainte-Anne-sur-Vilaine.

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Loire-Atlantique: Soudan,

Châteaubriant Châteaubriant (; ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Châtiaoberiant'') is a town in western France, about southwest of Paris, and one of the three Subprefectures in France, sous-préfectures of the Loire-Atlantique departments of France, department. C ...

Rougé Rougé (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Loire-Atlantique Departments of France, department in western France, near Rennes. The name "Rougé" comes from the Latin "Rubiacus", means ''the red place'', in reference to the high iron-com ...

Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux Saint-Aubin-des-Châteaux (; ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Geography The village is located in the northwestern part of the commune on the right bank of the river Chère, which flows southwest through the ...

Sion-les-Mines Sion-les-Mines (; ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Geography The river Chère flows westward through the commune. See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following is a list of the 207 ...

Mouais Mouais (; Gallo: ''Móaè'', ; ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. History It is possible that the toponym comes from the hagionym Moë, an obscure Breton saint. Geography The town is located on the norther ...

Derval Derval (; Gallo: ''Derva'', ) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Geography The river Chère forms all of the commune's northern border. Population International relations Derval is twinned with Llanidloes, ...

, *Ille-et-Vilaine:

Grand-Fougeray Grand-Fougeray (; ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department of Brittany in north-western France. Geography The river Chère forms most of the commune's southern border. Population Inhabitants of Grand-Fougeray are called ''Fulkériens' ...

, *Loire-Atlantique: Pierric, *Ille-et-Vilaine: Sainte-Anne-sur-Vilaine

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