The Côney () is a long

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in the

Vosges The Vosges ( , ; german: Vogesen ; Franconian and gsw, Vogese) are a range of low mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a singl ...

and

Haute-Saône Haute-Saône (; Arpitan: ''Hiôta-Sona''; English: Upper Saône) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of northeastern France. Named after the river Saône, it had a population of 235,313 in 2019.départements A department (, ) is an administrative or political division in several countries. Departments are the first-level divisions of 11 countries, nine in the Americas and two in Africa. An additional 10 countries use departments as second-level div ...

'', northeastern

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. Its source is near ''Lion Faing'', a

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in Dounoux. It flows generally southwest. It is a left tributary of the

Saône The Saône ( , ; frp, Sona; lat, Arar) is a river in eastern France. It is a right tributary of the Rhône, rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department and joining the Rhône in Lyon, at the southern end of the Presqu'île. The name d ...

into which it flows in

Corre Corre () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Côney flows southward through the middle of the commune, crosses the village, then flows into the Saône, which fo ...

. It shares its valley with the

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on most of its course.

''Départements'' and communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Vosges: Dounoux, Uriménil,

Uzemain Uzemain () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Geography The Côney forms part of the commune's eastern border, flows westward through the southern part of the commune, crosses the village, and forms part ...

Xertigny Xertigny () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Xertigny station has rail connections to Épinal, Lure and Belfort. Population Geography The Côney forms most of the commune's northwestern border. Poin ...

Charmois-l'Orgueilleux Charmois-l'Orgueilleux () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Geography The Côney forms the commune's south-eastern border. See also *Communes of the Vosges department The following is a list of the 507 ...

La Chapelle-aux-Bois La Chapelle-aux-Bois () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Geography The Côney forms part of the commune's northwestern border. See also *Communes of the Vosges department The following is a list of th ...

, Harsault,

Les Voivres Les Voivres () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Geography The Côney forms most of the commune's northwestern border; a stream called ''le Jeandin'', tributary of the Côney, forms the commune's northern ...

, Hautmougey,

Bains-les-Bains Bains-les-Bains () is a former commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in eastern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune La Vôge-les-Bains.Fontenoy-le-Château Fontenoy-le-Château () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. In January 2013 it merged with the former commune of Le Magny. Personalities The poet Nicolas Joseph Florent Gilbert was born on December 15, 1 ...

, Le Magny, Montmotier, *Haute-Saône:

Ambiévillers Ambiévillers is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Côney forms most of the commune's southern border. See also *Communes of the Haute-Saône department The fo ...

Mailleroncourt-Saint-Pancras Mailleroncourt-Saint-Pancras is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Côney forms most of the commune's northern border. See also *Communes of the Haute-Saône depa ...

Pont-du-Bois Pont-du-Bois () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Côney forms the commune's southern border. See also *Communes of the Haute-Saône department The followin ...

, Alaincourt, Selles,

La Basse-Vaivre La Basse-Vaivre is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Côney forms the commune's northern and north-western borders. See also *Communes of the Haute-Saône depart ...

Passavant-la-Rochère Passavant-la-Rochère is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Côney forms the eastern part of the commune's southern border. See also *Communes of the Haute-Saône ...

Demangevelle Demangevelle is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Côney forms part of the commune's north-eastern border, flows south-westward through the middle of the commune, ...

, Vougécourt,

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Vosges (department) Rivers of Haute-Saône Rivers of Grand Est Rivers of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté {{France-river-stub