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River mouth
  
Creuse

Length
  
37.6 km (23.4 mi)

Basin size
  
250 km (97 sq mi)

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Progression
  
Creuse→ Vienne→ Loire→ Atlantic Ocean

Discharge
  
Average rate: 2.89 m/s (102 cu ft/s) (near Lafat)

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The Sédelle is a French river in the Creuse department; it is a tributary of the river Creuse and a sub-affluent of the Loire.

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Geography

It is 37,6 km long. The river spring is located near Lizières. The river has a meandering path. It joins la Creuse near the lac de Chambon.

Towns

La Sédelle flows through the communes of Lizières, Saint-Priest-la-Feuille, La Souterraine, Saint-Agnant-de-Versillat, Saint-Germain-Beaupré, Saint-Léger-Bridereix, Sagnat, La Chapelle-Baloue, Lafat and Crozant.

Fish

La Sédelle is lush in wild trouts (truites farios), chubs, bleaks, pikes and zanders. Elle fait ainsi le bonheur des pêcheurs creusois.

Curiosities - Tourism

  • La Souterraine, medieval town, 11th and 12th century church (tower from the 13th), with a crypt enclosing an old subterranean* Gallo-Roman sanctuary. Many middle-age and Renaissance houses.
  • the name of the city
  • The lac de Chambon : aquatic sporting activities; hiking; dam visit
  • The Crozant school, inhoding landscape painters of the 19th and 20th centuries, near Crozant and Fresselines (a generic term), referring to those who sought inspiration on the riverbanks of la Creuse. In 1889, during a stay at Fresselines, Claude Monet carried out a first series on the confluent of the two Creuses. He made 23 canvas paintings in the valley.

    • References

    Sédelle Wikipedia
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