Louts
Encyclopedia
The Louts, is a left tributary of the Adour
, in Aquitaine
, in the Southwest of France
.
'marsh'. It is documented in medieval Latin as Fluvius qui dicitur Lossium.
, flows northwest through Chalosse and joins the Adour, in Hinx
.
Adour
The Adour is a river in southwestern France. It rises in High-Bigorre , at the Col du Tourmalet, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean near Bayonne. It is long, of which the uppermost as the Adour du Tourmalet. At its final stretch, i.e...
, in Aquitaine
Aquitaine
Aquitaine , archaic Guyenne/Guienne , is one of the 27 regions of France, in the south-western part of metropolitan France, along the Atlantic Ocean and the Pyrenees mountain range on the border with Spain. It comprises the 5 departments of Dordogne, :Lot et Garonne, :Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Landes...
, in the Southwest of 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...
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Name
The name Louts could be related to the Basque cognate lohizunLohizun
Lohizun or Lohitzun / lohits̪un / is a Basque word for 'silty place'. It is a derivate of lohi 'mud'.It may be found in:*Lohitzun-Oyhercq, a commune of Pyrénées-Atlantiques*Donibane-Lohitzune, Basque name of Saint-Jean-de-Luz...
'marsh'. It is documented in medieval Latin as Fluvius qui dicitur Lossium.
Geography
The Louts rises in ThèzeThèze, Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Thèze is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
, flows northwest through Chalosse and joins the Adour, in Hinx
Hinx
Hinx is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France....
.
Départements and towns
- Pyrénées-AtlantiquesPyrénées-AtlantiquesPyrénées-Atlantiques is a department in the southwest of France which takes its name from the Pyrenees mountains and the Atlantic Ocean.- History :...
: ThèzeThèze, Pyrénées-AtlantiquesThèze is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.-References:*...
, Arzacq-Arraziguet, Lème, Méracq, Vignes. - Landes : HagetmauHagetmauHagetmau is a commune in the Landes department in Aquitaine in south-western France.-See also:*Communes of the Landes department...
, Saint-Cricq-Chalosse, Caupenne.