The Cérou (french: le Cérou) is an 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 the

Aveyron Aveyron (; oc, Avairon; ) is a department in the region of Occitania, Southern France. It was named after the river Aveyron. Its inhabitants are known as ''Aveyronnais'' (masculine) or ''Aveyronnaises'' (feminine) in French. The inhabitants of ...

and Tarn departments in southern

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. Its source is at

Saint-Jean-Delnous Saint-Jean-Delnous (Languedocien: ''Sant Joan del Nos'') is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Geography The river Cérou has its source in the commune. Population See also *Communes of the Aveyron department The fo ...

, northwest of the village. It flows generally west-northwest. It is a

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of the

, into which it flows at

Milhars Milhars is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Geography The river Cérou flows into the Aveyron in the commune, 1.4 km north to the village itself. See also *Communes of the Tarn department The following is a list o ...

, north of the village.

Departments and communes along its course

It flows generally west through the following departments and communes, ordered from source to mouth: * Aveyron: Saint-Jean-Delnous,

Lédergues Lédergues (; oc, Ledèrgas) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Geography The commune is traversed by the Cérou river. Population See also *Communes of the Aveyron department The following is a list of the 285 c ...

* Tarn:

Lédas-et-Penthiès Lédas-et-Penthiès is a commune in the Tarn department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), ...

, Lacapelle-Pinet, Padiès, Crespin,

Andouque Andouque (; oc, Andoca) is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions ...

, Saint-Jean-de-Marcel, Valderiès, Rosières, Carmaux,

Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux Saint-Benoît-de-Carmaux (, literally ''Saint-Benoît of Carmaux''; Languedocien: ''Sant Benesech de Carmauç'') is a commune in the Tarn department in southern France. Geography The commune is traversed by the Cérou river. See also *Communes ...

, Monestiés, Le Ségur, Salles,

Saint-Marcel-Campes Saint-Marcel-Campes (; oc, Sent Marcèl e Campas) is a commune in the Tarn department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Departm ...

, Cordes-sur-Ciel, Les Cabannes, Mouzieys-Panens, Vindrac-Alayrac, Labarthe-Bleys, Marnaves, Milhars

Tributaries

The Farruel (12.5 km), the Boutescure (15.4 km), the Céroc (17.6 km), the Candou, the

Céret Céret (; ) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It is the capital of the historic Catalan comarca of Vallespir. Geography The town lies in the foothills of the Pyrénées mountains, in southern France. I ...

(28.5 km), the Zère, the Aymer (12,2 km), and the Bonnan.

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Occitania (administrative region) Rivers of Aveyron Rivers of Tarn (department) {{France-river-stub