Veyle
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| Veyle | |
| River | |
 The Veyle at Pont-de-Veyle | |
| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Irance, Renon, distributary Petit Veyle |
| - right | Menthon, Bief de Pommier, Poches stream |
| Source | Magenet pond |
| - location | Chalamont |
| - elevation | 306 m (1,004 ft) |
| - coordinates | 46°00′11″N 05°12′36″E / 46.00306°N 5.21000°E |
| Mouth | Saône |
| - elevation | 170 m (558 ft) |
| - coordinates | 46°15′39″N 04°50′16″E / 46.26083°N 4.83778°E |
| Length | 66.9 km (42 mi) |
| Area | 672 km2 (259 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| - average | 6.81 m3/s (240 cu ft/s) |
The Veyle (French: la Veyle) is a 66.9 km (41.6 mi) long river in the Ain département, eastern France. Its source is in Chalamont. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Saône into which it flows between Grièges and Crottet, near Mâcon.
Communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
- Chalamont, Châtenay, Dompierre-sur-Veyle, Lent, Servas, Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc, Péronnas, Saint-Rémy, Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg, Buellas, Polliat, Mézériat, Vonnas, Saint-Julien-sur-Veyle, Biziat, Perrex, Saint-Jean-sur-Veyle, Pont-de-Veyle, Crottet, Grièges
Notes
- This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 31st 2009.
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