Lignon du Forez | |
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Lignon du Forez | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Chalmazel |
• coordinates | 45°39′56″N 03°47′58″E / 45.66556°N 3.79944°E |
• elevation | 1,490 m (4,890 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Loire |
• coordinates | 45°45′29″N 04°11′40″E / 45.75806°N 4.19444°E |
• elevation | 320 m (1,050 ft) |
Length | 58.9 km (36.6 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 pronunciation: [liɲɔ̃ dy fɔʁɛ], literally Lignon of the Forez; also called Lignon de Chalmazel, literally Lignon of Chalmazel) is a 58.9 km (36.6 mi) long river in the Loire department, east-central France.[1] 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