Saône is also a commune in the French département of Doubs.

The Saône is a river of eastern France. It is a tributary of the River Rhône. Rising at Vioménil in the Vosges, it joins the Rhône at La Mulatière, just after Lyon.

Length: 480 km

Hydrographic basin: 29,950 km²

Average flow: 410 m³/s

Départements - and major cities - traversed:

• Vosges (88) - Monthureux-sur-Saône
• Haute-Saône (70) - Gray
• Côte-d'Or (21) - Auxonne
• Saône-et-Loire (71) - Chalon-sur-Saône, Tournus, Mâcon
• Rhône (69) - Villefranche-sur-Saône, Caluire-et-Cuire, Lyon

Note: the names of two of these départements include that of the river.

Main tributaries, Right Bank (R) and Left Bank (L), downstream:

• Ognon (L) at Perrigny-sur-l'Ognon
• Tille (R) at Les Maillys
• Ouche (R) at Saint-Jean-de-Losne
• Doubs (L) at Verdun-sur-le-Doubs (in which flows the Loue)
• Dheune (R) at Allerey-sur-Saône
• Grosne (R) at Marnay
• Seille (L) at La Truchère
• Reyssouze (L) at Reyssouze
• Veyle (L) after Pont-de-Veyle
• Chalaronne (L) at Thoissey
• Morgon (R) at Villefranche-sur-Saône
• Azergues (R) at Anse (in which flows the Brévenne)

The name Saône derives from that of the Celtic river goddess Souconna. However, the recorded ancient name of the river was Arar.

External links

• Waterways in France

Rivers of France | Rhone basin

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