The Chapeauroux () is a long river in the

Lozère Lozère (; ) is a landlocked Departments of France, department in the Regions of France, region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie in Southern France, located near the Massif Central, bounded to the northeast by Haute-Loire, to the ...

and

Haute-Loire Haute-Loire (; or ''Naut Leir''; English: Upper Loire) is a landlocked department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France. Named after the Loire River, it is surrounded by the departments of Loire, Ardèche, Lozère, Canta ...

'' départements'', south-central France. Its source is near Estables, in the Margeride. It flows generally northeast. It is a

left tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ('' main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which the ...

of the

Allier Allier ( , , ; ) is a Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region that borders Cher (department), Cher to the west, Nièvre to the north, Saône-et-Loire and Loire (department), Loire to the east, Pu ...

into which it flows between Saint-Bonnet-de-Montauroux and Saint-Christophe-d'Allier.

''Départements'' and communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Lozère: Estables, Arzenc-de-Randon, Châteauneuf-de-Randon, Pierrefiche, Saint-Jean-la-Fouillouse, Chastanier, Auroux, Grandrieu, Laval-Atger, Saint-Bonnet-de-Montauroux *Haute-Loire: Saint-Christophe-d'Allier

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Lozère Rivers of Haute-Loire Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rivers of Occitania (administrative region) {{France-river-stub