The Chalaronne () is a long

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

in the Ain department in eastern

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. Its source is at Lapeyrouse, in the

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. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the

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, into which it flows between

Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne (, literally ''Saint-Didier on Chalaronne'') is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France. Geography The Chalaronne flows westward through the southern part of the commune, then flows into the Saône, w ...

and Thoissey.

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: Lapeyrouse, Birieux, Villars-les-Dombes, Bouligneux, La Chapelle-du-Châtelard, Marlieux, Saint-Germain-sur-Renon, Sandrans, Romans, Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne, L'Abergement-Clémenciat, Dompierre-sur-Chalaronne, Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne and

. The Chalaronne discharges into the

shortly before Thoissey.

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rivers of Ain {{France-river-stub