The Drôme is a 57.9 km long river in Normandy. Its source is on the border of the Manche and Calvados departments, at ''le Grand Cauville'' locality, near

Saint-Martin-des-Besaces Saint-Martin-des-Besaces () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Souleuvre-en-Bocage.Les géoservices du Conseil général du Calvados - La carte dynamique , accessdate= 12 August 2010
Couches ''Cours d'eau BDCarthage'', ''Communes'' et ''Communes (Libellé)'' activées. and joins the

Aure Aure may refer to: Places France * Aure, Ardennes, a commune of the Ardennes ''département'' * Aure (river), a river in northwestern France Norway * Aure, Norway, a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county * Aure (village), a village in Aure Mun ...

, left bank at Maisons, downstream of

Bayeux Bayeux () is a Communes of France, commune in the Calvados (department), Calvados Departments of France, department in Normandy (administrative region), Normandy in northwestern France. Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts ...

in the

Bessin Bessin () is an area in Normandy, France, corresponding to the territory of the Bajocasses, a Gallic tribe from whom Bayeux, its main town, takes its name. History The territory was annexed by the count of Rouen in 924. The Bessin corresponds t ...

region. It is a sub-affluent of the Vire.

Watershed

The

watershed Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to: Hydrology * Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins * Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...

of the Drôme neighbours those of the Vire,

(east), Tortonne (NW) and Seulles (SE). It is a narrow, northward basin. The longest of its affluents is the ruisseau du Vey (7.3 km), which it joins at

Cormolain Cormolain () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regi ...

Drôme valley

Castle A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

(ranked

monument historique ''Monument historique'' () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a coll ...

Base Mérimée
/ref>) and Saint-Martin de Balleroy Church (ranked) at Balleroy, * Pont de Sully (inscrit) between Castillon and

Vaubadon Vaubadon () is a former commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Balleroy-sur-Drôme Balleroy-sur-Drôme (, literally ''Balleroy on Drôme (Aure), ...

. * Manoir du Pont-Senot (inscrit) à Noron-la-Poterie. * Église Notre-Dame de

Ranchy Ranchy () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions ...

(clocher inscrit). * Château de

Barbeville Barbeville () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. Geography Barbeville is located in the Drône valley some 4 km west of Bayeux. Access to the commune is by the D96 road from Bayeux whic ...

(inscrit). * Castle (inscrit) and Église Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte (inscrite) at Vaucelles. * Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité at Sully (inscrite).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Drome (Aure) Rivers of Normandy Rivers of France Rivers of Calvados (department)