Nitry, Yonne. Plumbed.

Very formal, very well-kept, but no access to interior. Dry in 2010.

St-Jean-St-Germain, Indre-et-Loire. Stream side.

It's the roof that's interesting here, with its ardoise tiles shaped to form a heart; all the internal lavoir-bits are long-gone. The stream is a channel leading to a mill along the Indre.

St-Amadou, Ariège. Spring-fed, plumbed.

Most elaborate basin we've seen to date: oval, divided into four equal sections, and fed by four bronze dolphin-headed water spigots. Informative plaques about lavoirs on the walls. Building unremarkable.

Le Cabanial, Haute-Garonne. Spring-fed.

Philippe says it's cute, and I agree. Beautiful yellow wild iris in bloom all around when we visited. Interior flooded, not especially memorable.

St-Amand-en-Puisaye, Yonne. Stream-side.

Very large lavoir along a channel of the Vrille across from the Château, now used as the Tourist Information for St-Amand. Only the roof beams left from the original. Photos of the lavoir as it used to be posted inside. Beautiful spot.

Bléneau, Yonne. Spring-fed, plumbed.

Unusual basin in the form of an irregular quadrilateral: two right-angles, one acute, and one obtuse. Satisfying opportunity to revisit the nomenclature of high school geometry. Delicate ardoise roofing. Lots of algae but there was steady flow of water from a culvert under the street above. Bedding plants all around -- pretty spiffy!

Alligny-Cosne, Nièvre. Spring-fed, plumbed.

Might have driven right past this one, since only the roof is visible from the road, were it not for the toddler carrying a baguette longer than he was on the sidewalk near by. Unremarkable otherwise.

Le Ségala, Aude. Stream-side. 2009

Painfully basic and stripped of any basins or elaborations. Tucked away on the northwest of the bridge over the Canal du Midi into Le Ségala, it's virtually invisible to automobile traffic over the bridge. We saw it while walking along the towpath on the south side of the Canal.

Auvezines, Tarn. Well-fed. 2009.

So basic we drove past it almost daily over three years of visiting Cuq-en-Terrasses and never noticed it.

Auriac-sur-Vendinelle, Haute-Garonne. Stream-side. 2009.

This was a real shock, the only seriously vandalized lavoir we've come across. It's also one of the most brutalist in architecture as well. Even the bus-stop lavoir in Montègut has more style.