The Grosne (, ) is a long
river
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in the
Rhône
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and
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.
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departments in central eastern
France
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.
Its source is near
Saint-Bonnet-des-Bruyères. It flows generally north. It is a
right tributary
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of the
Saône
The Saône ( , ; ; ) is a river in eastern France (modern Regions of France, region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté). It is a right tributary of the Rhône, rising at Vioménil in the Vosges (department), Vosges Departments of France, department an ...
into which it flows in
Marnay. Its largest tributaries are the
Guye and the
Grison.
Departments and communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
*Rhône:
Saint-Bonnet-des-Bruyères
*Saône-et-Loire:
Saint-Pierre-le-Vieux,
Saint-Léger-sous-la-Bussière,
Trambly,
Montagny-sur-Grosne,
Brandon,
Clermain,
Mazille,
Sainte-Cécile,
Jalogny,
Cluny,
Cortambert,
Lournand,
Massilly,
Bray,
Taizé,
Ameugny,
Cormatin,
Malay,
Savigny-sur-Grosne,
Saint-Gengoux-le-National,
Sercy,
Bresse-sur-Grosne,
Santilly,
La Chapelle-de-Bragny,
Messey-sur-Grosne,
Lalheue,
Laives,
Saint-Ambreuil,
Beaumont-sur-Grosne,
Saint-Cyr,
Varennes-le-Grand,
Marnay
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Saône-et-Loire
Rivers of Rhône (department)
Rivers of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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