The Orbieu (; oc, Orbiu) is an long

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in the Aude ''

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'', in south central

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. Its source is at

Fourtou Fourtou (; oc, Forton) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France. Geography The commune is located in the Corbières Massif. The village lies in the middle of the commune, on the left bank of the Moulin brook, a tributary of th ...

, in the Corbières Massif. It flows generally northeast. It is a right tributary of the Aude into which it flows between Raissac-d'Aude and Marcorignan, northwest of

Narbonne Narbonne (, also , ; oc, Narbona ; la, Narbo ; Late Latin:) is a commune in Southern France in the Occitanie region. It lies from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. It is located about from the shores of the ...

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth:

, Auriac, Lanet, Montjoi, Vignevieille, Mayronnes, Saint-Martin-des-Puits, Saint-Pierre-des-Champs, Lagrasse, Ribaute, Camplong-d'Aude, Fabrezan, Ferrals-les-Corbières, Lézignan-Corbières, Luc-sur-Orbieu, Cruscades, Ornaisons, Névian, Villedaigne, Raissac-d'Aude, Marcorignan

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Aude 1Orbieu Rivers of Occitania (administrative region) {{France-river-stub