The Bouzanne () is an long river in the
Indre
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''
département'' of central France, and is a tributary of the
Creuse
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.
Its source is in the
commune of
Aigurande, northwest of the town itself, near the
hamlet
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of ''la Bouzanne''. It flows generally northwest, going northwards from its source up to
Arthon, then southwest to the
confluence
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where it enters the Creuse at the right-hand side of the flow (with forwards being downstream), southwest of the village centre of
Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet.
Communes along its course
The following list is ordered from source to mouth : Aigurande,
La Buxerette,
Montchevrier,
Cluis,
Mouhers,
Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre,
Tranzault,
Lys-Saint-Georges,
Buxières-d'Aillac,
Jeu-les-Bois, Arthon,
Velles,
Tendu,
Mosnay,
Saint-Marcel,
Chasseneuil, Le Pont-Chrétien-Chabenet
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Centre-Val de Loire
Rivers of Indre
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