Blavet

The Blavet river flows from central Brittany and enters the Atlantic Ocean on the south coast near . It is 148.9 km long. The river is canalised for most of its length, forming one of the links in the Brittany canal system.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: river in France
  • Also known as: Blavet River”, “Le Blavet”, and “Le Blavet Rivière

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lorient (La Perrière) lighthouse and Île Saint-Michel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Locmiquélic and Lorient.

Village
is a commune in the department of in north-western .

Photo: Inkey, CC BY 3.0.
is a city of 57,000 people on the south coast of .

Town
is a commune in the department in , in north-western . It is the largest suburb of the city of , across the river to the east. Velodrome Stadium was built there in 2015. is situated 3 km north of Blavet.

Blavet

Latitude
47.7377° or 47° 44′ 16″ north
Longitude
-3.34335° or 3° 20′ 36″ west
Open location code
8CVRPMQ4+3M
Geo­Names ID
3032303
Wiki­data ID
Q745809
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Blavet” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Ríu Blavet
  • Basque: Blavet
  • Breton: Blavezh
  • Catalan: Blavet (Bretanya)
  • Cebuano: Blavet
  • Chinese: 布拉韋河
  • Czech: Blavet
  • Danish: Blavet
  • Dutch: Blavet
  • French: Blavet
  • Georgian: ბლავე
  • German: Blavet
  • Greek: Μπλαβέ
  • Irish: Blavet
  • Italian: Blavet
  • Latin: Blavetum
  • Latvian: Blavē
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Blavet
  • Polish: Blavet
  • Portuguese: Rio Blavet
  • Russian: Блаве
  • Serbian: Блаве
  • Slovenian: Blavet
  • Spanish: Blavet
  • Spanish: Río Blavet
  • Ukrainian: Блаве
  • Venetian: Fiume Blavet
  • Welsh: Afon Blavezh

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Pen-Mané and Nézenel.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pointe du Malheur and Pointe de l’Espérance.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Blavet”. Photo: rhian, CC BY 2.0.