Vienne
The Vienne is a major river in south-western France. It is 363 km long. It is a significant left tributary of the lower Loire. It supports numerous hydroelectric dams, and it is the main river of the northern part of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in France, tributary of the Loire
- Also known as: “La Vienne Rivière”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Château de Montsoreau-Museum of contemporary art Harbour and Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art.
Château de Montsoreau-Museum of contemporary art Harbour
Photo: Suavemarimagno, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Château de Montsoreau is a Flamboyant Gothic castle in the Loire Valley, directly built in the Loire riverbed. It is located in the market town of Montsoreau, in the Maine-et-Loire département of France, close to Saumur, Chinon, Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, and Candes-Saint-Martin.
Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum
The Château de Montsoreau-Museum Contemporary Art is a private museum open to the public in Montsoreau, France. It opened 8 April 2016. The permanent collection exhibited at Château de Montsoreau consists of Philippe Méaille's collection of works by the conceptual art collective Art & Language.
Collegiate Church of Saint-Martin of Candes
Church
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Collegiate Church of Saint-Martin of Candes is a former collegiate church located in Candes-Saint-Martin, in the western part of the Indre-et-Loire department, within the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loire Valley and Montsoreau.
Loire Valley
The Loire Valley, spanning 280 kilometres, is a valley located in the middle stretch of the Loire river in central France, in both the administrative regions Pays de la Loire and Centre-Val de Loire.
Montsoreau
Photo: Mariekro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Montsoreau is a village in the Loire Valley, in Pays de la Loire. It's listed amongst the most beautiful villages of France.
Fontevrault
Photo: Adam Bishop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fontevraud-l'Abbaye is a commune in the western French department of Maine-et-Loire. It is situated both in the Loire Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage Site between Chalonnes-sur-Loire and Sully-sur-Loire, and the Loire Anjou Touraine French regional natural park.
Vienne
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Vienne” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر فيين”
- Armenian: “Վյեննա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Vienne”
- Azerbaijani: “Vyana çayı”
- Basque: “Vienne (ibaia)”
- Basque: “Vienne”
- Belarusian: “В’ена”
- Breton: “Vienne”
- Bulgarian: “Виен (река)”
- Bulgarian: “Виен”
- Catalan: “Riu Viena”
- Catalan: “Riu Vienne”
- Cebuano: “Vienne”
- Chinese: “維埃納河”
- Czech: “Vienne”
- Danish: “Vienne”
- Dutch: “Vienne (rivier)”
- Dutch: “Vienne”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Vieno”
- Esperanto: “Vienne”
- Esperanto: “Vieno”
- Finnish: “Vienne”
- French: “Vienne”
- French: “Vinhana”
- German: “Vienne”
- Greek: “Βιέν”
- Hebrew: “ויין”
- Hungarian: “Vienne”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Vienne”
- Irish: “Vienne”
- Italian: “Vienne”
- Japanese: “ヴィエンヌ川”
- Latin: “Vigenna”
- Lithuanian: “Vienas”
- Lithuanian: “Vjenas”
- Macedonian: “Вјена”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vienne”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Elva Vienne”
- Norwegian: “Vienne”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Viena”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Vinhana”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Uigenna sēo Ēa”
- Persian: “رود وین”
- Persian: “رودخانه وین”
- Persian: “رودخانهٔ وین”
- Persian: “وین”
- Piemontese: “Vienne”
- Polish: “Vienne”
- Portuguese: “Rio Vienne”
- Romanian: “Râul Vienne”
- Romanian: “Vienne”
- Russian: “Вьенна (река)”
- Russian: “Вьенна”
- Serbian: “Вјен”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vienne (rijeka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Vienne”
- Slovenian: “Vienne”
- South Azerbaijani: “وین چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Vienne”
- Spanish: “Río Vienne”
- Swedish: “Vienne”
- Turkish: “Vienne Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “В’єнн”
- Ukrainian: “В’єнна”
- Venetian: “Fiume Vienne”
- Welsh: “Afon Vienne”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Candes-Saint-Martin and Les Petits Champs.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Plage de la confluence and Parking lot (chateau de Montsoreau-museum of contemporary art).
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