Why we love the Nohain :
- In Donzy : to be able to talk to the millers of today (like at the Moulin de l'Île). To stroll along the Chemin du Commandeur and enjoy a quiet while imagining the former bustle of the millers.
- At Moulin l’Evêque : to trace the history of flour-milling in one street.
- At the "Gros Bouillon" in Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire : to understand the origin of the name Cosne, "Condate" for the Celts, which means confluence.
Tributary to the Loire river, the Nohain takes its source at Entrains-sur-Nohain and travels about 47 km before emptying into the Loire river at Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire (at the "Gros Bouillon"). It includes 8 tributaries and it crosses 10 municipalities. Thanks to the length of the Nohain river, many mills have been established and developed the local industry. In the beginning of the 20th century, the Nohain had 59 mills, 36 for flour, 3 for oil, 12 for smithies, 4 fulling-mills for wool, leather or skin and 4 for barks.