The Azergues () is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of ...

in the department of

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, eastern

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. It is a right tributary of the

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, which it joins in Anse. It is long. Its source is in the

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hills, near

Chénelette Chénelette () is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. While there have been settlements in the region since before the Roman conquest of Gaul, the modern village of Chénelette first appears in records dating to the 14th centu ...

. The Azergues flows through the following towns:

Lamure-sur-Azergues Lamure-sur-Azergues (, literally ''Lamure on Azergues'') is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. See also *Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. T ...

Le Bois-d'Oingt Le Bois-d'Oingt (, literally ''The Wood of Oingt'') is a former commune located in the Rhône in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, in eastern France. On 1 January 2017, Le Bois-d'Oingt, Oingt and Saint-Laurent-d'Oingt merged becoming one commune ...

, Chessy, Châtillon,

Chazay-d'Azergues Chazay-d'Azergues (, literally ''Chazay of Azergues'') is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. See also Communes of the Rhône department The following is a list of the 208 communes of the Rhône department of France. This ...

and Anse.

Etymology

It has been suggested that the name ''Azergues'' comes from the

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"Azraq" (), which means blue.

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Rhône (department) Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes {{France-river-stub