The Grosne (french: la Grosne, ) is a long

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in the

Rhône The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...

and

Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part. Saône-et-Loire is Bo ...

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in central eastern

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. Its source is near Saint-Bonnet-des-Bruyères. It flows generally north. It is a

right tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage b ...

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 Marnay. Its largest tributaries are the Guye and the Grison.

Departments and communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Rhône: Saint-Bonnet-des-Bruyères *Saône-et-Loire: Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux, Saint-Léger-sous-la-Bussière, Trambly, Montagny-sur-Grosne, Brandon, Clermain,

Mazille Mazille is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Grosne forms the commune's southeastern border. See also *Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department The foll ...

, Sainte-Cécile, Jalogny,

Cluny Cluny () is a commune in the eastern French department of Saône-et-Loire, in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is northwest of Mâcon. The town grew up around the Benedictine Abbey of Cluny, founded by Duke William I of Aquitaine in ...

Cortambert Cortambert is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Grosne forms most of the commune's western border. See also *Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department The ...

Lournand Lournand () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Grosne forms the commune's eastern border. See also * Communes of the Saône-et-Loire department The ...

Massilly Massilly is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Grosne forms part of the commune's southeastern border, then flows north through its eastern part. See also *Co ...

, Bray, Taizé,

Ameugny Ameugny () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Geography The commune lies in the south of the department. The river Grosne flows through the commune. Population See also * ...

Cormatin Cormatin () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. The village, on the river Grosne, is home to a castle. Geography The Grosne forms part of the commune's south-western bord ...

, Malay,

Savigny-sur-Grosne Savigny-sur-Grosne (, literally ''Savigny on Grosne'') is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. The composer and choral conductor Charles Ravier (1934–1984) was born in Savign ...

Saint-Gengoux-le-National Saint-Gengoux-le-National () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It was formerly known as Saint-Gengoux-le-Royal. History In the 10th century, the church of Saint-Gengoux ...

, Sercy, Bresse-sur-Grosne, Santilly, La Chapelle-de-Bragny, Messey-sur-Grosne, Lalheue,

Laives Laives (; german: Leifers ) is a town and a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about south of the city of Bolzano. It is one of only five mainly Italian speaking municipalities in South Tyrol, and the fourth larg ...

, Saint-Ambreuil, Beaumont-sur-Grosne, Saint-Cyr,

Varennes-le-Grand Varennes-le-Grand () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Grosne forms most of the commune's southeastern border. The Saône forms the commune's northeaster ...

, Marnay

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