Native name L'Aulne (f) River mouth Atlantic Ocean Source Brittany Country France | Main source Brittany Length 140 km Mouth Atlantic Ocean Bridges Terenez bridge | |
Cross channel adventure to camaret rade de brest and the river aulne
The Aulne is a 140 km long river of Brittany in north-western France, flowing down the hills and emptying into the roadstead of Brest, one of the many fjord-like bays just south of Brest. The river is part of the Canal de Nantes à Brest, the navigation canal that once connected the city of Nantes on the Loire with the port town of Brest on the Atlantic coast. This canal is still navigable over part of its length, but sea-going traffic is interrupted by the hydro-electric dam of Guerledan, which submerged a number of the original locks of the canal. The Aulne flows through Châteaulin.
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Map of Aulne, France
The river was known to the Romans as the Alaunus, sharing its name with a Gaulish god of medicine and prophecy. In modern French, aulne means "alder".
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Aulne Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA