The Benaize (; , or ) is a long river in the

Creuse Creuse (; or ) is a department in central France named after the river Creuse. After Lozère, it is the second least populated department in France. It is bordered by Indre and Cher to the north, Allier and Puy-de-Dôme to the east, Cor ...

Haute-Vienne Haute-Vienne (; , ; Upper Vienne) is a département in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve départements that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The prefecture an ...

, Vienne and

Indre Indre (); is a department in central France named after the river Indre. The inhabitants of the department are known as the ''Indriens'' (masculine; ) and ''Indriennes'' (feminine; ). Indre is part of the current administrative region of Cent ...

departments Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military * Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

, central France. Its source is near

La Souterraine La Souterraine (; Limousin dialect, Limousin: ''La Sotarrana'') is a Communes of France, commune in the west-central French Departments of France, department of Creuse. Geography La Souterraine is an area of farming and light industry, comprisi ...

. It flows generally northwest. It is a

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of the Anglin, into which it flows north of Saint-Hilaire-sur-Benaize.

Departments and communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Creuse:

*Haute-Vienne: Arnac-la-Poste *Creuse: Vareilles *Haute-Vienne: Saint-Sulpice-les-Feuilles, Mailhac-sur-Benaize, Cromac, Jouac, Saint-Martin-le-Mault *Indre: Bonneuil, Tilly *Haute-Vienne: Lussac-les-Églises *Vienne: Coulonges, Brigueil-le-Chantre, Thollet La Trimouille Liglet *Indre: Saint-Hilaire-sur-Benaize

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Creuse Rivers of Haute-Vienne Rivers of Vienne (department) Rivers of Indre Rivers of Centre-Val de Loire Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine {{France-river-stub