Loir
The Loir is a 319 km long river in western France. It is a left tributary of the Sarthe. Its source is in the Eure-et-Loir department, north of Illiers-Combray.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in France
- Also known as: “Le Loir Rivière”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église Saint-Marcel de Briollay and Salle seigneuriale de Briollay.
Église Saint-Marcel de Briollay
Church
Photo: Arnaud Touzé, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Marcel de Briollay is a church.
Salle seigneuriale de Briollay
Building
Photo: Kormin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salle seigneuriale de Briollay is a building.
Logis de Bellebranche
Castle
Logis de Bellebranche is a castle, which is situated 3 km south of Loir.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Briollay and Écouflant.
Briollay
Village
Photo: Kormin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Briollay is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.
Écouflant
Village
Photo: Gwenadugo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Écouflant is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. It is around 5 km north of Angers. Écouflant is situated 3 km south of Loir.
Cantenay Epinard
Village
Photo: Aroche, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cantenay-Épinard is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. Cantenay Epinard is situated 4 km southwest of Loir.
Loir
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Loir from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Armenian to Welsh—“Loir” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Լուար”
- Asturian: “Ríu Loir”
- Basque: “Loir”
- Bavarian: “Loir”
- Belarusian: “Луар”
- Breton: “Lez”
- Bulgarian: “Лоар”
- Bulgarian: “Лоир”
- Catalan: “Loir”
- Cebuano: “Loir”
- Chinese: “卢瓦河”
- Czech: “Loir”
- Dutch: “Loir (rivier)”
- Dutch: “Loir”
- Esperanto: “Loir”
- Finnish: “Loir”
- French: “Loir”
- German: “Loir”
- Hungarian: “Loir”
- Irish: “Loir”
- Italian: “Loir”
- Japanese: “ロワール川”
- Korean: “루아르 강”
- Korean: “루아르강”
- Latin: “Ledus”
- Lithuanian: “Luaras”
- Macedonian: “Лоар”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Loir”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loir”
- Norwegian: “Loir”
- Ossetian: “Луар”
- Piemontese: “Loir”
- Polish: “Loir”
- Portuguese: “Rio Loir”
- Romanian: “Râul Loir”
- Russian: “Луар”
- Serbian: “Лоар”
- Slovenian: “Loir”
- South Azerbaijani: “لویر چایی”
- Spanish: “Loir”
- Spanish: “rio Loir”
- Spanish: “río Loir”
- Spanish: “Río Loir”
- Swedish: “Loir”
- Swiss German: “Loir”
- Tosk Albanian: “Loir”
- Ukrainian: “Луар”
- Venetian: “Fiume Loir”
- Welsh: “Afon Loir”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pêchevêque and Les Chapelles.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Le Vieux-Briollay Railway Station and Abbaye du Perray aux Nonnains.
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