title: Louts
text: # Louts
  
  The Louts (French pronunciation: ​; 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.
  
  ## Name
  
  It is documented in medieval Latin as Fluvius qui dicitur Lossium.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The Louts rises in Thèze, flows northwest through Chalosse and joins the Adour, in Hinx.
  
  ## Départements and towns
  
  * Pyrénées-Atlantiques : Thèze, Arzacq-Arraziguet, Lème, Méracq, Vignes.
  * Landes : Hagetmau, Saint-Cricq-Chalosse, Caupenne.
  