The Airain or Airin () is a long
river
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in the
Cher
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department in central
France
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.
Its source is at
Nérondes. It flows generally west, with a U shape. It is a
left tributary of the
Yèvre, into which it flows at
Savigny-en-Septaine, southeast of
Bourges
Bourges ( ; ; ''Borges'' in Berrichon) is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre (Cher), Yèvre. It is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Cher (department), Cher, and also was the capital city of the former provin ...
.
Communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
Nérondes,
Tendron,
Bengy-sur-Craon,
Flavigny,
Cornusse,
Ourouer-les-Bourdelins
Ourouer-les-Bourdelins is a commune in the Cher department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of France.
Geography
A farming area comprising the village and a couple of hamlets situated some southeast of Bourges, at the junction of the D6 with ...
,
Charly,
Lugny-Bourbonnais,
Osmery,
Bussy,
Vornay,
Dun-sur-Auron,
Crosses,
Savigny-en-Septaine,
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Cher (department)
Rivers of Centre-Val de Loire
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