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Yvette (river)

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River mouth
  
Orge

Source
  
Les Essarts-le-Roi

Country
  
France

Length
  
39 km

Mouth
  
Orge

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Progression
  
Orge→ Seine→ English Channel

Cities
  
Villebon-sur-Yvette, Orsay, Palaiseau, Longjumeau

The Yvette is a small river in southern Île-de-France (France), left tributary of the Orge, which is a tributary of the Seine. Its source is in Les Essarts-le-Roi, north of Rambouillet, in the Yvelines department. Various communes of the Essonne département are named after it: Bures-sur-Yvette, Gif-sur-Yvette and Villebon-sur-Yvette.

Contents

Map of L'Yvette, France

The Yvette crosses the following départements and towns:

  • Yvelines: Chevreuse, Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse
  • Essonne: Orsay, Villebon-sur-Yvette, Palaiseau, Longjumeau, Savigny-sur-Orge

    • Tributaries

  • Mérantaise
  • Rhodon
  • Rouillon
  • Vaularon

    • References

    Yvette (river) Wikipedia
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