The Côle (french: la Côle) 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 the

Dordogne Dordogne ( , or ; ; oc, Dordonha ) is a large rural department in Southwestern France, with its prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and the Pyrenees, it is named ...

département In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety- ...

'', south-central

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. It rises near ''le Châtenet'', a hamlet in Firbeix. It flows generally southwest. It is a

left 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 drainage ...

of the

Dronne The Dronne (, also , ; oc, Drona) is a long river in southwestern France, right tributary of the Isle. Its source is in the north-western Massif Central, east of the town of Châlus (south-west of Limoges) at an elevation of . It flows south-wes ...

into which it flows between Condat-sur-Trincou and Brantôme.

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: Firbeix,

La Coquille La Coquille (; oc, La Coquilha) is a Communes of France, commune in the Dordogne Departments of France, department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. La Coquille was on one of the five routes leading to Santiago de Compostela in Spain ...

, Mialet, Saint-Jory-de-Chalais, Saint-Romain-et-Saint-Clément, Thiviers, Saint-Jean-de-Côle, Saint-Pierre-de-Côle,

La Chapelle-Faucher La Chapelle-Faucher (; oc, La Chapela Fauchier) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. This small but quaint rural French village has a Romanesque-style church, Notre Dame de l'Assomption built in ...

, Condat-sur-Trincou, Brantôme

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Rivers of Dordogne {{France-river-stub