title: Loir
text: # 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
  