The Briance (; ) is a long river in the
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 ...
''
département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level (" territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. There are a total of 101 ...
'', central France.
Its source is at
La Croisille-sur-Briance
La Croisille-sur-Briance (, literally ''La Croisille on Briance''; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regions of France, region in western France.
Geography
The river ...
. It flows generally northwest. It is a
left tributary of the
Vienne into which it flows between
Condat-sur-Vienne and
Bosmie-l'Aiguille.
Communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
La Croisille-sur-Briance
La Croisille-sur-Briance (, literally ''La Croisille on Briance''; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regions of France, region in western France.
Geography
The river ...
,
Saint-Vitte-sur-Briance,
Saint-Méard,
Linards,
Glanges,
Saint-Bonnet-Briance,
Saint-Genest-sur-Roselle,
Vicq-sur-Breuilh,
Saint-Hilaire-Bonneval,
Pierre-Buffière,
Saint-Jean-Ligoure,
Boisseuil,
Le Vigen,
Solignac
Solignac (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France.
Geography
The village lies on the right bank of the Briance, which flows westward through the commune. It contains the former A ...
,
Condat-sur-Vienne,
Jourgnac,
Bosmie-l'Aiguille
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Haute-Vienne
Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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