The Madon () is a long
river
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in the
Vosges and
Meurthe-et-Moselle
Meurthe-et-Moselle () is a '' département'' in the Grand Est region of France, named after the rivers Meurthe and Moselle. Its prefecture and largest city is Nancy and it borders the departments of Meuse to the west, Vosges to the south, ...
''
départements'', northeastern
France
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.
Its source is near
Vioménil. It flows generally north. It is a
left tributary of the
Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; ; ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it joins at Koblenz. A sm ...
into which it flows at
Pont-Saint-Vincent, near
Nancy.
''Départements'' and communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
*Vosges:
Vioménil,
Escles,
Lerrain,
Les Vallois,
Pont-lès-Bonfays,
Frénois,
Légéville-et-Bonfays,
Begnécourt,
Bainville-aux-Saules,
Hagécourt,
Valleroy-aux-Saules,
Maroncourt,
Velotte-et-Tatignécourt,
Hymont,
Vroville,
Mattaincourt,
Mirecourt,
Poussay,
Mazirot,
Chauffecourt,
Ambacourt,
Bettoncourt,
Vomécourt-sur-Madon,
Pont-sur-Madon,
Xaronval,
Marainville-sur-Madon,
Battexey
*Meurthe-et-Moselle:
Bralleville,
Jevoncourt,
Xirocourt,
Vaudigny,
Vaudeville
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,
Affracourt,
Haroué,
Gerbécourt-et-Haplemont,
Ormes-et-Ville,
Lemainville,
Voinémont,
Ceintrey,
Autrey,
Pulligny,
Pierreville,
Frolois,
Xeuilley,
Bainville-sur-Madon,
Méréville,
Pont-Saint-Vincent
At
Ambacourt, two kilometers downstream from
Mirecourt, the river accommodates a small colony of
beavers: this is believed to reflect the quality of the water.
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Meurthe-et-Moselle
Rivers of Vosges (department)
Rivers of Grand Est
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