The Lignon du Velay (, literally ''Lignon of
the Velay'') is an long
river
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in the
Ardèche
Ardèche (; , ; ) is a Departments of France, department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Southeastern France. It is named after the river Ardèche (river), Ardèche and had a population of 328,278 as of 2019.[Haute-Loire
Haute-Loire (; or ''Naut Leir''; English: Upper Loire) is a landlocked department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France. Named after the Loire River, it is surrounded by the departments of Loire, Ardèche, Lozère, Canta ...]
departments
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Government and military
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, south-central
France
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.
Its source is near
Chaudeyrolles. It flows generally north. It is a
right tributary
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of the
Loire
The Loire ( , , ; ; ; ; ) 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 Rhône.
It rises in the so ...
, into which it flows at Pont de Lignon, a hamlet in
Monistrol-sur-Loire.
Departments and communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
*Haute-Loire:
Chaudeyrolles,
Saint-Front,
Fay-sur-Lignon,
Les Vastres,
Mazet-Saint-Voy
*Ardèche:
Mars
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*Haute-Loire:
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon,
Saint-Jeures,
Tence,
Chenereilles,
Lapte,
Yssingeaux,
Grazac,
Les Villettes,
Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon,
Monistrol-sur-Loire
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Rivers of Haute-Loire
Rivers of Ardèche
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