The Cure () is a long

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the ...

in central

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, a right-bank

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or 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 drain the surrounding drainag ...

of the

Yonne Yonne () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the river Yonne, which flows through it, in the country's north-central part. One of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's eight constituent departments, it is l ...

. Its source is in

Gien-sur-Cure Gien-sur-Cure (, ) is a commune in the Nièvre department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central-east France. In 2019, it had a population of 95. Part of Morvan Regional Natural Park, Gien-sur-Cure is located on the departmental ...

, in the

Morvan The Morvan (historically Morvand from the Latin ''Murvinnum'' 590)Pierre-Henri Billy, ''Dictionnaire des noms de lieux de la France'', éditions Errance, 640 pages, 2011 , is a mountainous massif lying just to the west of the Côte d'Or escar ...

hills. It flows into the Yonne at Cravant near Vermenton.

Communes crossed

It crosses the following

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and towns: (from its source to its confluence): *

Anost Anost () is a rural commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central-east France. It is located on the departmental border with Nièvre, northeast of the Haut-Folin summit and southwest of Ménessaire, a ...

(source,

Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part. Saône-et-Loire is ...

) * Planchez (Nièvre) *

(Nièvre) *

Moux-en-Morvan Moux-en-Morvan is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. See also *Communes of the Nièvre department The following is a list of the 309 communes of the Nièvre department of France. The communes cooperate in the following i ...

( lac des Settons, Nièvre) * Montsauche-les-Settons ( lac des Settons, Nièvre) *

Gouloux Gouloux () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. Demographics On 1 January 2019, the estimated population was 176. See also *Communes of the Nièvre department *Parc naturel régional du Morvan Morvan Regional Natural Par ...

(Nièvre) * Saint-Brisson (Nièvre) * Dun-les-Places (Nièvre) * Quarré-les-Tombes (Yonne) * Marigny-l'Eglise (

lac du Crescent Lac du Crescent is a lake in Nièvre, France. At an elevation of 300 m, its surface area is 1.65 km². References Crescent A crescent shape (, ) is a symbol or emblem used to represent the lunar phase in the first quarter (the "si ...

, Nièvre) * Saint-Germain-des-Champs (Yonne) *

Chastellux-sur-Cure Chastellux-sur-Cure (, literally ''Chastellux on Cure'') is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. The Chateau de Chastellux, the ancestral home of the Chastellux family, is visitable every day ...

(Yonne) * Saint-André-en-Morvan (Nièvre) * Domecy-sur-Cure (Yonne) * Pierre-Perthuis (Yonne) * Foissy-les-Vezelay (Yonne) * Saint-Père (near

Vézelay Vézelay () is a commune in the department of Yonne in the north-central French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is a defensible hill town famous for Vézelay Abbey. The town and its 11th-century Romanesque Basilica of St Magdalene are ...

, Yonne) * Asquins (Yonne) * Montillot (Yonne) * Givry (Yonne) * Blannay (Yonne) * Sermizelles (Yonne) *

Voutenay-sur-Cure Voutenay-sur-Cure (, literally ''Voutenay on Cure'') is a commune in the Yonne department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Depa ...

(Yonne) *

Saint-Moré Saint-Moré () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yonne department The following is a list of the 423 communes of the Yonne Yonne () is a department in the ...

(Yonne) * Arcy-sur-Cure (Yonne) * Bessy-sur-Cure (Yonne) *

Lucy-sur-Cure Lucy-sur-Cure (, literally ''Lucy on Cure'') is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yonne department The following is a list of the 423 communes of the Yonne depar ...

(Yonne) * Vermenton (Yonne) * Accolay (Yonne) * Cravant (Yonne)

References

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