Drôme (Aure)

Drôme
between Vidouville and La Vacquerie
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Main source	Saint-Martin-des-Besaces 205 m (673 ft) 49°00′32″N 0°54′02″W / 49.0089°N 0.9006°W / 49.0089; -0.9006
River mouth	Aure 18 m (59 ft) 49°19′15″N 0°45′01″W / 49.3209°N 0.7502°W / 49.3209; -0.7502 (Aure-Drôme)Coordinates: 49°19′15″N 0°45′01″W / 49.3209°N 0.7502°W / 49.3209; -0.7502 (Aure-Drôme)
Length	57.9 km (36.0 mi)
Discharge	Average rate: 2.33 m3/s (82 cu ft/s)  (Sully)
Basin features
Progression	Aure→ Vire→ English Channel
Basin size	245 km2 (95 sq mi)

The Drôme is a 57.9 km long river in Normandy.^[1] Its source is on the border of the Manche and Calvados departments, at le Grand Cauville locality, near Saint-Martin-des-Besaces^[2] and joins the Aure, left bank at Maisons, downstream of Bayeux in the Bessin region. It is a sub-affluent of the Vire.

Watershed

The watershed of the Drôme neighbours those of the Vire, Aure (east), Tortonne (NW) and Seulles (SE).

It is a narrow, northward basin. The longest of its affluents is the ruisseau du Vey (7.3 km)^[3]),which it joins at Cormolain.

Drôme valley

Sully bridge

• Castle (ranked monument historique^[4]) and Saint-Martin de Balleroy Church (ranked^[4]) at Balleroy,
• Pont de Sully (inscrit^[4]) between Castillon and Vaubadon.
• Manoir du Pont-Senot (inscrit^[4]) à Noron-la-Poterie.
• Église Notre-Dame de Ranchy (clocher inscrit^[4]).
• Château de Barbeville (inscrit^[4]).
• Castle (inscrit^[4]) and Église Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte (inscrite^[4]) at Vaucelles.
• Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité at Sully (inscrite^[4]).

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