The Reyssouze () 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 Ain department in eastern

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. 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 ...

, which it joins near

Pont-de-Vaux Pont-de-Vaux () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ain department *List of medieval bridges in France The list of medieval bridges in France comprises all bridges built between 500 ...

. It is long. Its source is in

Journans Journans () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ain department The following is a list of the 393 communes of the Ain department of France. The communes cooperate in the following ...

, in the

Bresse Bresse () is a former French province. It is located in the regions of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté of eastern France. The geographical term ''Bresse'' has two meanings: ''Bresse bourguignonne'' (or ''louhannaise''), w ...

region. The Reyssouze flows generally northwest through the following

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Montagnat Montagnat () is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Geography Montagnat is a village located near the city of Bourg-en-Bresse. Population See also *Communes of the Ain department The following is a list of the 393 communes ...

Bourg-en-Bresse Bourg-en-Bresse (; frp, Bôrg) is the prefecture of the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. Located northeast of Lyon, it is the capital of the ancient province of Bresse ( frp, Brêsse, links=no). In 2018, ...

Attignat Attignat (; frp, Ategnat) is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Administration Since 2014, Walter Martin has been the mayor of Attignat. He was re-elected in the 2020 municipal elections.Montrevel-en-Bresse Montrevel-en-Bresse (, literally ''Montrevel in Bresse'') is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ain department The following is a list of the 393 communes of the Ain department of Fran ...

and

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