Loir
# Loir

The Loir (French pronunciation: (listen)) is a 319 km (198 mi) 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. It joins the river Sarthe in Briollay, north of the city of Angers.

It is indirectly a tributary of the Loire, and runs roughly parallel to it and slightly north of it for much of its length, and so might be regarded as a Yazoo type river.

## Departments and towns crossed include

* Eure-et-Loir (28): Illiers-Combray, Bonneval, Châteaudun, Cloyes-sur-le-Loir
* Loir-et-Cher (41): Fréteval, Morée, Vendôme, Montoire-sur-le-Loir
* Sarthe (72): La Chartre-sur-le-Loir, Château-du-Loir, Le Lude, La Flèche
* Maine-et-Loire (49): Durtal, Lézigné, Seiches-sur-le-Loir

## Tributaries include

* Ozanne
* Yerre
* Braye
* Aigre
* Conie
