The Chalaronne () is a long

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 Ain department in eastern

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. Its source is at Lapeyrouse, in the Dombes. It flows generally northwest. 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 between

Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne (, literally ''Saint-Didier on Chalaronne'') is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Geography The Chalaronne flows westward through the southern part of the commune, then flows into the Saône, which ...

and Thoissey.

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: Lapeyrouse,

Birieux Birieux (; frp, Beriô) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Geography The Chalaronne forms part of the commune's northwestern border. History Birieux is first mentioned in the 12th century as a priory dependent on the abbey ...

Villars-les-Dombes Villars-les-Dombes (, literally ''Villars near Dombes'') is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Its people are known as ''Villardois''. Geography The town is located within Ain, half-way between Lyon (33 km) and Bourg-en-B ...

, Bouligneux, La Chapelle-du-Châtelard, Marlieux, Saint-Germain-sur-Renon, Sandrans, Romans,

Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne (, literally ''Châtillon on Chalaronne'') is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. History The town takes its name from a castle built around 1000 AD. It was formerly named Châtillon-les-Dombes. G ...

, L'Abergement-Clémenciat, Dompierre-sur-Chalaronne, Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne,

, Thoissey,

References

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