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Lignon du Velay

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River mouth
  
Loire 460 m (1,510 ft)

Basin size
  
661.3 km (255.3 sq mi)

Basin area
  
661.3 km²

Progression
  
Loire→ Atlantic Ocean

Length
  
84 km

Country
  
France

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Main source
  
Chaudeyrolles 1,440 m (4,720 ft)

Discharge
  
Average rate: 9.8 m/s (350 cu ft/s)

The Lignon du Velay (French: le Lignon du Velay) is a 84.5-kilometre (52.5 mi) long river in the Ardèche and Haute-Loire départements, south-central France. Its source is near Chaudeyrolles. It flows generally north. It is a right tributary of the Loire into which it flows at Pont de Lignon, a hamlet in Monistrol-sur-Loire.

Contents

Map of Le Lignon, France

Départements and communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth:

  • Haute-Loire: Chaudeyrolles, Saint-Front, Fay-sur-Lignon, Les Vastres, Mazet-Saint-Voy
  • Ardèche: Mars
  • Haute-Loire: Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, Saint-Jeures, Tence, Chenereilles, Lapte, Yssingeaux, Grazac, Les Villettes, Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon, Monistrol-sur-Loire

    • References

    Lignon du Velay Wikipedia
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