Louts

River in France

Louts

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Location
Country| France
Physical characteristics
Source|
• location| North of Pau
Mouth|

• location

| Adour

• coordinates

| 43°44′27″N 0°56′1″W﻿ / ﻿43.74083°N 0.93361°W﻿ / 43.74083; -0.93361
Length| 86 km (53 mi)
Basin features
Progression| Adour→ Atlantic Ocean

The Louts (French pronunciation: [luts]; Occitan: Lots) is a left tributary of the Adour, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in the Southwest of France. It is 85.7 km (53.3 mi) long.[1]

## Name

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It is documented in medieval Latin as Fluvius qui dicitur Lossium.[2]

## Geography

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The Louts rises in Thèze, flows northwest through Chalosse and joins the Adour, in Hinx.

## Départements and towns

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* Pyrénées-Atlantiques : Thèze, Arzacq-Arraziguet, Lème, Méracq, Vignes.
* Landes : Hagetmau, Saint-Cricq-Chalosse, Caupenne.

## References

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1. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Le Louts (Q30-0400)".
2. ^ (Gallia Christiana 12th century; with the usual permutation of the place of the i).

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