Lignon du Forez

Lignon du Forez
Lignon du Forez
Country	France
Basin
Main source	Chalmazel 1,490 m (4,890 ft) 45°39′56″N 03°47′58″E / 45.66556°N 3.79944°E / 45.66556; 3.79944 (Primary source of Lignon du Forez)
River mouth	Loire 320 m (1,050 ft) 45°45′29″N 04°11′40″E / 45.75806°N 4.19444°E / 45.75806; 4.19444 (Mouth of Lignon du Forez)Coordinates: 45°45′29″N 04°11′40″E / 45.75806°N 4.19444°E / 45.75806; 4.19444 (Mouth of Lignon du Forez)
Progression	Loire→ Atlantic Ocean
Basin size	664 km2 (256 sq mi)
Physical characteristics
Length	58.1 km (36.1 mi)
Discharge	Average rate: 8.33 m3/s (294 cu ft/s)

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