The Mortagne () is a long

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in the

Vosges The Vosges ( , ; ; Franconian and ) is a range of medium mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single geomorphological unit and ...

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, ...

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'', northeastern

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. Its source is at Saint-Léonard, west of the village, in the

Vosges Mountains The Vosges ( , ; ; Franconian (linguistics), Franconian and ) is a range of medium mountains in Eastern France, near its France–Germany border, border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the bor ...

. It flows generally northwest. It is a

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of the Meurthe into which it flows at Mont-sur-Meurthe, southwest of

Lunéville Lunéville ( ; German : ''Lünstadt'' ; Lorrain: ''Leneinvile'') is a commune in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It is a subprefecture of the department and lies on the river Meurthe at its confluence with the Ve ...

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Vosges: Saint-Léonard, Taintrux, La Houssière,

Bois-de-Champ Bois-de-Champ () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Geography The river Mortagne forms all of the commune's northern border. See also *Communes of the Vosges department The following is a list of the ...

, Les Rouges-Eaux, Mortagne, Domfaing, Brouvelieures, Fremifontaine, Autrey, Sainte-Hélène, Saint-Gorgon,

Jeanménil Jeanménil () is a Communes of France, commune in the Vosges (department), Vosges Departments of France, department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Geography The river Mortagne (river), Mortagne forms part of the commune's western border. S ...

, Rambervillers, Roville-aux-Chênes, Saint-Maurice-sur-Mortagne, Xaffévillers, Deinvillers *Meurthe-et-Moselle: Magnières, Vallois, Moyen, Gerbéviller,

Haudonville Haudonville () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. Geography The village lies in the north-eastern part of the commune, on the left bank of the river Mortagne, which forms most of the commune's northern ...

, Lamath, Xermaménil, Mont-sur-Meurthe

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Vosges (department) Rivers of Meurthe-et-Moselle Rivers of Grand Est {{France-river-stub