The Lignon du Forez (, literally ''Lignon of the Forez''; also called ''Lignon de Chalmazel'', literally ''Lignon of Chalmazel'') is a long river in the

Loire The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhôn ...

department, east-central France. Its source is near Chalmazel. It flows generally east. 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

into which it flows near

Feurs Feurs (; frp, Fuèrs) is a commune in the department of Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. History Antiquity The city was founded by the Romans. The name Feurs is a contraction of ''Segusiavorum Forum''. With a forum the Gallo-Roman era, ...

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: Chalmazel, Jeansagnière,

Sauvain Sauvain () is a commune in the Loire department in central France. Its church is l'Église Notre Dame de la Nativité. Geography The river Lignon du Forez The Lignon du Forez (, literally ''Lignon of the Forez''; also called ''Lignon de Cha ...

Saint-Bonnet-le-Courreau Saint-Bonnet-le-Courreau () is a Communes of France, commune in the Loire (department), Loire Departments of France, department in central France. Geography The river Lignon du Forez flows through the commune. Population See also *Communes of ...

, Saint-Georges-en-Couzan, Sail-sous-Couzan,

Saint-Sixte Saint-Sixte may refer to the following places: * Saint-Sixte, Loire, a commune in the Loire department, France * Saint-Sixte, Lot-et-Garonne, a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department, France * Saint-Sixte, Quebec Saint-Sixte is a small town i ...

, Leigneux, Boën, Trelins, Marcoux, Sainte-Agathe-la-Bouteresse, Montverdun, Saint-Étienne-le-Molard, Poncins, Cleppé,

References

{{Reflist Rivers of France Rivers of Loire (department) Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes