What is Vilaine?
{{Infobox river | name = Vilaine | native_name ={{native name|fr|La Vilaine}} | image = La Vilaine à Rennes.JPG | image_caption = The Vilaine in [[Rennes]]. | pushpin_map = France#France Bretagne | source1_location = [[Juvigné|Juvigné, Mayenne]] | source1_coordinates= {{coord|48|13|46|N|01|03|11|W}} | mouth_location = [[Atlantic Ocean]] | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|47|30|20|N|2|29|57|W|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[France]] | length = {{convert|218.1|km|abbr=on}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|175|m|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = {{convert|80|m3/s|abbr=on}} | basin_size = {{convert|10,882|km2|abbr=on}} }} The '''Vilaine''' is a river in [[Brittany]], in the west of France. It starts in the [[Mayenne]] ''[[département]]'' , and it flows out into the [[Atlantic Ocean]] at Pénestin in the [[Morbihan]] ''département''. It is 218 km long. It was one of the first rivers in France to be canalised. Some [[weirs]] and [[Lock (water transport)|locks]] were built from 1540, It is part of Brittany's [[canal]] system, which was built mainly in the 19th century for small [[Barge|barges]]. It is joined by the [[Canal d’Ille-et-Rance]] at [[Rennes]]. It also joins the [[Canal de Nantes à Brest]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=French Waterways in Detail //River Vilaine|url=https://www.french-waterways.com/waterways/west/river-vilaine/|access-date=2023-04-19|website=French Waterways|language=en-GB|archive-date=2019-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728034841/https://www.french-waterways.com/waterways/west/river-vilaine/|url-status=dead}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Rivers of Brittany]]