The Rhue (; also called Grande Rhue, ) is a

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in the

Puy-de-Dôme Puy-de-Dôme (; or ''lo Puèi Domat'') is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2021, it had a population of 662,285.Cantal Cantal (; or ) is a rural Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region of France, with its Prefectures in France, prefecture in Aurillac. Its other principal towns are Saint-Flour, Cantal, Saint-Flou ...

and

Corrèze Corrèze (; ) is a département in France, named after the river Corrèze which runs through it. Although its prefecture is Tulle, its most populated city is Brive-la-Gaillarde. Corrèze is located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, on the bo ...

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'', south central

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. Its source is at

Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise (; ), also known as Besse-en-Chandesse (its official name from 2 April 1961 to 1 July 1973), or Besse (its name before 1961), is a Communes of France, commune in the Puy-de-Dôme Departments of France, department in Auverg ...

, near Super Besse, in the '' parc naturel régional des volcans d'Auvergne'', southeast of the ''

puy de Sancy Puy de Sancy (, ; , ) is the highest mountain in the Massif Central, in Puy-de-Dôme departement of south central France. It is part of an ancient stratovolcano which has been inactive for about 220,000 years. The northern and southe ...

''. It flows generally southwest. It is a

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of the

Dordogne Dordogne ( , or ; ; ) is a large rural departments of France, department in south west France, with its Prefectures in France, prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and ...

into which it flows at

Bort-les-Orgues Bort-les-Orgues (; ) is a communes of France, commune in the south-central French Departments of France, department of Corrèze. Geography Bort-les-Orgues is situated on the Dordogne (river), Dordogne. The southern boundary of the commune ...

. Its main tributaries are the Santoire, the Petite Rhue and the Tarentaine.

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Puy-de-Dôme:

, Picherande,

Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues Égliseneuve-d'Entraigues (; ) is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. Geography The village lies in the southern part of the commune, on the right bank of the Rhue, which flows southward through the commune. ...

*Cantal:

Chanterelle Chanterelle is the common name of several species of fungi in the genera ''Cantharellus'', ''Craterellus'', ''Gomphus (fungus), Gomphus'', and ''Polyozellus''. They are orange, yellow or white, meaty and funnel-shaped. On the lower surface, mos ...

, Condat, Saint-Amandin, Montboudif, Trémouille, Saint-Étienne-de-Chomeil,

Champs-sur-Tarentaine-Marchal Champs-sur-Tarentaine-Marchal (; ) is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France. Geography The river Rhue forms all of the commune's southern border. Population See also *Communes of the Cantal department The followi ...

, Antignac, Vebret *Corrèze:

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Puy-de-Dôme Rivers of Cantal Rivers of Corrèze Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine {{France-river-stub