The Bourbre () is a long

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in the

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and

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in central eastern

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. Its source is in Burcin. It flows generally north-northwest. It is a left tributary of the

, into which it flows at Chavanoz.

Departments and communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Isère: Burcin, Châbons, Virieu, Blandin, Panissage, Chélieu, Chassignieu, Le Passage, Saint-Ondras, Saint-André-le-Gaz,

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, La Bâtie-Montgascon, Saint-Didier-de-la-Tour, Saint-Clair-de-la-Tour, La Tour-du-Pin, Saint-Jean-de-Soudain, Rochetoirin, Cessieu,

Sérézin-de-la-Tour Sérézin-de-la-Tour (, literally ''Sérézin of La Tour'') is a commune in the Isère department in the region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes southeastern France. Geography The Bourbre forms part of the commune's northern border. Population Its i ...

, Ruy, Nivolas-Vermelle,

Bourgoin-Jallieu Bourgoin-Jallieu (; ) is a commune in the Isère department in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in France. The city had 28,834 inhabitants in 2019 and lies 35 kilometres east-southeast of Lyon. It was formed by the merger of the former comm ...

L'Isle-d'Abeau L'Isle-d'Abeau (; Arpitan: ''L'Ila-d'Âbél'') is a commune in the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Southeastern France.Vaulx-Milieu Vaulx-Milieu () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Geography The Bourbre flows northwest through the middle of the commune. Population See also *Communes of the Isère department The following is a list of th ...

Villefontaine Villefontaine () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Geography The Bourbre flows northwest through the northeastern part of the commune. Population Twin towns – sister citie ...

La Verpillière La Verpillière () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. La Verpillière railway station on the line between Lyon and Grenoble is located to the south-east of the town center. Geography The Bourbre flows northwest t ...

Saint-Quentin-Fallavier Saint-Quentin-Fallavier is a Communes of France, commune in the Isère Departments of France, department, and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region, in southeastern France. Geography Saint-Quentin Fallavier is located in Isère, a ...

, Chamagnieu,

Satolas-et-Bonce Satolas-et-Bonce () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Geography The Bourbre forms most of the commune's eastern border. The commune is near Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport, which was formerly known as ''Lyon Satola ...

*Rhône: Colombier-Saugnieu *Isère: Tignieu-Jameyzieu, Charvieu-Chavagneux,

Pont-de-Chéruy Pont-de-Chéruy () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Geography Pont-de-Chéruy is located in the department of Isère and in the region of Auvergne-Rhone-Alps, and is an outer suburb of Lyon. The Bourbre flows no ...

, Chavanoz,

References

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