Louts Explained

Louts
Pushpin Map:	France#France Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Mouth Coordinates:	43.7408°N -0.9336°W
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Length:	86km (53miles)

The Louts (in French pronounced as /luts/; Occitan (post 1500);: Lots) is a left tributary of the Adour, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in the Southwest of France. It is 85.7km (53.3miles) long.

Name

It is documented in medieval Latin as Fluvius qui dicitur Lossium.^[1]

Geography

The Louts rises in Thèze, flows northwest through Chalosse and joins the Adour, in Hinx.

Départements and towns

• Pyrénées-Atlantiques : Thèze, Arzacq-Arraziguet, Lème, Méracq, Vignes.
• Landes : Hagetmau, Saint-Cricq-Chalosse, Caupenne.

Notes and References

1. (Gallia Christiana 12th century; with the usual permutation of the place of the i).