Veyle

River in eastern France

Veyle

The Veyle at Pont-de-Veyle

Course of the Veyle

Location
Country| France
Physical characteristics
Source| Magenet pond
• location| Chalamont
• coordinates| 46°00′11″N 05°12′36″E﻿ / ﻿46.00306°N 5.21000°E﻿ / 46.00306; 5.21000
• elevation| 306 m (1,004 ft)
Mouth| Saône

• coordinates

| 46°15′39″N 04°50′16″E﻿ / ﻿46.26083°N 4.83778°E﻿ / 46.26083; 4.83778

• elevation

| 170 m (560 ft)
Length| 66.8 km (41.5 mi)
Discharge|
• average| 6.81 m3/s (240 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression| Saône→ Rhône→ Mediterranean Sea
Tributaries|
• left| Irance, Renon, distributary Petit Veyle
• right| Menthon, Bief de Pommier, Poches stream

The Veyle (French pronunciation: [vɛl]; Arpitan: Vêla) is a 66.8 km (41.5 mi) long river in the Ain department in eastern France.[1] Its source is in Chalamont. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Saône, into which it flows between Grièges and Crottet, near Mâcon.

## Communes along its course

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This list is ordered from source to mouth:

* Chalamont, Châtenay, Dompierre-sur-Veyle, Lent, Servas, Saint-André-sur-Vieux-Jonc, Péronnas, Saint-Rémy, Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg, Buellas, Polliat, Mézériat, Vonnas, Saint-Julien-sur-Veyle, Biziat, Perrex, Saint-Jean-sur-Veyle, Pont-de-Veyle, Crottet, Grièges

## References

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1. ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - La Veyle (U42-0400)".

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