Loire River facts for kids
The Loire River is the longest river in France. It is 1,013 km long. It originates in the Massif Central. Its mouth is near Nantes by the Atlantic Ocean. The Loire gives its name to 6 French departments. For years, the Loire was very important for France's commerce. When the railway developed in the 19th century, it put an end to its importance.
Tributaries
The Loire's tributaries include the following rivers, in order going upstream:
- Acheneau (near Le Pellerin)
- Sèvre Nantaise (in Nantes)
- Erdre (in Nantes)
- Layon (in Chalonnes-sur-Loire)
- Maine (near Angers)
- Mayenne (near Angers)
- Sarthe (near Angers)
- Loir (near Angers)
- Ernée (in Saint-Jean-sur-Mayenne)
- Braye (in Pont-de-Braye)
- Aigre (near Cloyes-sur-le-Loir)
- Yerre (near Cloyes-sur-le-Loir)
- Conie (near Châteaudun)
- Ozanne (in Bonneval)
- Huisne (in Le Mans)
- Thouet (near Saumur)
- Dive (near Saint-Just-sur-Dive)
- Losse (near Montreuil-Bellay)
- Argenton (near Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay)
- Thouaret (near Taizé)
- Cébron (near Saint-Loup-sur-Thouet)
- Palais (near Parthenay)
- Viette (near Parthenay)
- Vienne (in Candes-Saint-Martin)
- Creuse (north of Châtellerault)
- Gartempe (in La Roche-Posay)
- Clain (in Châtellerault)
- Indre (east of Montsoreau)
- Cher (in Villandry)
- Sauldre (in Selles-sur-Cher)
- Arnon (near Vierzon)
- Yèvre (in Vierzon)
- Auron (in Bourges)
- Beuvron (in Chaumont-sur-Loire)
- Loiret (in Orléans)
- Allier (near Nevers)
- Sioule (near Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule)
- Dore (near Puy-Guillaume)
- Allagnon (near Jumeaux)
- Ance (in Monistrol-d'Allier)
- Nièvre (in Nevers)
- Acolin (near Decize)
- Aron (in Decize)
- Besbre (near Dompierre-sur-Besbre)
- Arroux (in Digoin)
- Furan (in Andrézieux-Bouthéon)
- The Loire river in ...
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La Charité
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Pont-canal de Briare
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Gien
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Sully-sur-Loire
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Orléans
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Meung-sur-Loire
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Menars
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Blois
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Chaumont
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Bréhémont
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Candes Saint-Martin
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Saumur
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Chênehutte
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Le Thoureil
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Les Ponts-de-Cé
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Saint-Nazaire
Images for kids
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The Loire as it flows through Blois.
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The Vikings invading in 879
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Château de Montsoreau (1453) is the only Château of the Loire Valley to be built directly in the Loire riverbed.
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An 1840 poster advertising excursions on the river
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Source
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The river port of Roanne
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Confluence of the Allier and the Loire
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Map of the Loire basin showing the major tributaries
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The Loire at Decize
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Loire at Bréhémont, Indre-et-Loire
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Greengage blossom
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European eel (Anguilla anguilla)
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Yellow-bellied toad
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Mediterranean gull
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Loire Vivante WWF protests in 1989 against the proposed Serre de la Fare dam
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A pristine gorge of the Loire
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Château d'Azay-le-Rideau.
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Vineyard in the Loire Valley
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Amboise on the banks of the Loire River
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Chateau de Langeais
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Château de Blois interior façades in Gothic, Renaissance and Classic styles (from right to left).
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Château de Valençay.
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Scène of the Loire, by J. M. W. Turner.
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La source de la Loire, by Gustave Courbet.
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Portrait of the Loire, by Jean-Max Albert, 1988. Musée de la Loire, Cosne-sur-Loire.
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The Loire at Montsoreau, J. M. W. Turner, 1832, Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art.
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