Cérou

The Cérou (French: le Cérou) is an 87.4 km (54.3 mi) long river in the Aveyron and Tarn départements, southern France. Its source is at Saint-Jean-Delnous, 1.8 km (1.1 mi) northwest of the village. It flows generally west-northwest. It is a left tributary of the Aveyron River into which it flows at Milhars, 1.4 km (0.87 mi) north of the village.

Départements and communes along its course

It flows generally west through the following départements and communes ordered from source to mouth:

• Aveyron: Saint-Jean-Delnous, Lédergues
• Tarn: Lédas-et-Penthiès, Lacapelle-Pinet, Padiès, Crespin, Andouque, Saint-Jean-de-Marcel, Valderiès, Rosières, Carmaux, Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux, Monestiés, Le Ségur, Salles, Saint-Marcel-Campes, Cordes-sur-Ciel, Les Cabannes, Mouzieys-Panens, Vindrac-Alayrac, Labarthe-Bleys, Marnaves, Milhars

Tributaries

Le Farruel (12.5 km), la Boutescure (15.4 km), le Céroc (17.6 km), le Candou, le Céret (28.5 km), la Zère, l'Aymer (12,2 km), le Bonnan.

Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on January 27th 2009.

References

• http://www.geoportail.fr
• The Cérou at the Sandre database