Lignon du Forez
Appearance
Lignon du Forez | |
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Lignon du Forez | |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Chalmazel |
• elevation | 1,490 m (4,890 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Loire |
• elevation | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
Length | 58.1 km (36.1 mi) |
Basin size | 664 km2 (256 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 8.33 m3/s (294 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Loire→ Atlantic Ocean |
The Lignon du Forez (French: le Lignon du Forez, also called le Lignon de Chalmazel) is a 58.1 km (36.1 mi) long river in the Loire department, east-central France. Its source is near Chalmazel. It flows generally east. It is a left tributary of the Loire into which it flows near Feurs.
Communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
Chalmazel, Jeansagnière, Sauvain, Saint-Bonnet-le-Courreau, Saint-Georges-en-Couzan, Sail-sous-Couzan, Saint-Sixte, Leigneux, Boën, Trelins, Marcoux, Sainte-Agathe-la-Bouteresse, Montverdun, Saint-Étienne-le-Molard, Poncins, Cleppé, Feurs
Notes
- This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 11th 2009.
References
- "Le portail des territoires et des citoyens - Géoportail". geoportail.fr. Retrieved 2016-03-27.
- The Lignon at the Sandre database