The Yères is a river of Normandy

Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, 40 kilometres (24.9 mi) in length, flowing through the department of Seine-Maritime

Seine-Maritime

Seine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre...

Geography

The river’s source is in the forest of Eu, just south of the village of Aubermesnil-aux-Érables

Aubermesnil-aux-Érables

Aubermesnil-aux-Érables is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A small farming village in the Pays de Bray, situated some southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D24 and D16 roads...

. Its course takes a northerly route past Foucarmont

Foucarmont

Foucarmont is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A large village of farming and associated light industry, situated by the banks of the river Yères, in the Pays de Bray, some southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D928, the...

 and Fallencourt

Fallencourt

Fallencourt is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A small farming and forestry village situated by the banks of the river Yères in the Pays de Caux, some southeast of Dieppe, at the junction of the D216 and the D928 roads...

. It then turns northwestward and passes through the communes of Grandcourt

Grandcourt, Seine-Maritime

Grandcourt is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming and forestry village which was created from five former parishes at the time of the French Revolution...

, Villy-sur-Yères

Villy-sur-Yères

Villy-sur-Yères is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village situated on the banks of the Yères river in the Pays de Bray, some east of Dieppe at the junction of the D16 and the D315 roads. The village name was changed...

, Sept-Meules

Sept-Meules

Sept-Meules is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A small farming and forestry village situated in the valley of the Yères river in the Pays de Caux, some east of Dieppe at the junction of the D1314, D16 and D58...

, Cuverville-sur-Yères

Cuverville-sur-Yères

Cuverville-sur-Yères is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A small forestry and farming village situated by the banks of the river Yères in the Pays de Caux, some east of Dieppe, at the junction of the D258 and the D16...

, Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard

Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard

Saint-Martin-le-Gaillard is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village situated by the banks of the river Yères in the Pays de Caux, at the junction of the D16 and the D113 roads, some east of...

, Touffreville-sur-Eu

Touffreville-sur-Eu

Touffreville-sur-Eu is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village situated in the Pays de Caux by the banks of the river Yères, some northeast of Dieppe at the junction of the D226, the D454 and the D113...

 and finally through Criel-sur-Mer

Criel-sur-Mer

Criel-sur-Mer is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A town of farming, tourism and light industry situated in the valley and at the mouth of the river Yères, some northeast of Dieppe. The commune is served by the D16, D940 and the...

 to the sea.


Like most other rivers in the region, the Yères is classified as a first class river, offering anglers the chance to catch trout

Trout

Trout is the name for a number of species of freshwater and saltwater fish belonging to the Salmoninae subfamily of the family Salmonidae. Salmon belong to the same family as trout. Most salmon species spend almost all their lives in salt water...

 and lamprey

Lamprey

Lampreys are a family of jawless fish, whose adults are characterized by a toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth. Translated from an admixture of Latin and Greek, lamprey means stone lickers...

s, but not salmon

Salmon

Salmon is the common name for several species of fish in the family Salmonidae. Several other fish in the same family are called trout; the difference is often said to be that salmon migrate and trout are resident, but this distinction does not strictly hold true...

 .

See also

• French water management scheme
  Schéma directeur d'aménagement et de gestion des eaux
  In France, the schéma directeur d'aménagement et de gestion des eaux aims to put into effect the principles of the law of 3 January 1992 on the level of the major hydrographic basins. In translation, its name is outline for the organization of the development and management of water...
  
  

External links

• The Yères on the Sandre website
• Accès aux villes et villages de France du Quid
• French Geography website