The Volane () is a French river, a tributary of 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.affluent Wealth is the abundance of valuable financial assets or physical possessions which can be converted into a form that can be used for transactions. This includes the core meaning as held in the originating Old English word , which is from an ...

of the

Rhône The Rhône ( , ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Ròse''; Franco-Provençal, Arpitan: ''Rôno'') is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before dischargi ...

Geography

It crops at the foot of the suc de l'Areilladou at in Mézilhac and at , nearly at the end of the téléski de l'Areilladou. It runs through (among others) the towns of

Antraigues-sur-Volane Antraigues-sur-Volane (, literally ''Antraigues on Volane''; , before 1989: ''Antraigues'') is a former Communes of France, commune in the Ardèche Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France. On 1 Janu ...

and

Vals-les-Bains Vals-les-Bains (; ) is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ardèche department The following is a list of the 335 communes of the Ardèche department of France. The communes ...

. It joins the Ardèche north of Labégude, at just outside

at ''le pont de Vals'' (locality) at less than from the casino.

Communes

The river runs through eight

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: * faring downstream : Mézilhac, Laviolle,

, Genestelle,

Asperjoc Asperjoc (; ) is a former commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Vallées-d'Antraigues-Asperjoc. Geography Asperjoc is located some 2 ...

Saint-Andéol-de-Vals Saint-Andéol-de-Vals () is a commune in the Ardèche department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ardèche department The following is a list of the 335 communes of the Ardèc ...

, Labégude (confluence).

Tributaries

The Volane has 21 official tributaries: * ''ruisseau de Larbonnet'' (L) 2 km * ''ruisseau des Hubertes'' (L) 1 km * ''ruisseau du Crouzet'' (R) 3 km * ''ruisseau de Pradas'' (L) 1 km * ''ruisseau de Rocheplate'' (R) 1 km * ''ruisseau de Fournier'' (L) 1 km * ''ruisseau de Varneyre'' (R) 3 km * ''ruisseau de la Sapède'' (R) 2 km * ''ruisseau de Fontfreyde'' (R) 1 km * ''ruisseau de Rouyon'' (R) 2 km * ''ruisseau du Bouchet'' (R) 2 km * ''ruisseau des Fuels'' (R) 2 km * ''ruisseau de Bise'' (L) 9 km * ''ruisseau de Coupe'' (R) 2 km * ''ruisseau de Pra Michel'' (L) 1 km * ''ruisseau de la Borie'' (L) 1 km * ''ruisseau de la Combe'' (R) 1 km * ''ruisseau de la Chadeyre'' (L) 1 km * ''la Bézorgues'' (R) 19 km * ''ruisseau de Rouchon'' (L) 1 km * ''le Voltour'' (R) 7 km

Topography

The river watershed spans eight communes including 7,241 inhabitants for an area of - with an average of 59 inhabitants/km² and in elevation.

Ecology

La Volane is a piscicole stream of 1st category (lush in trout and other salmonids). .

Culture

The Volane is photographed in "A book of the Cévennes" by

Sabine Baring-Gould Sabine Baring-Gould (; 28 January 1834 – 2 January 1924) of Lew Trenchard in Devon, England, was an Anglican priest, hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist, folk song collector and eclectic scholar. His bibliography consists of more than 1,240 pu ...

Toponym

The Volane gave its name to

References

{{Reflist Rivers of France Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rivers of Ardèche