The Allaine (french: l'Allaine (f), in its lower course ''l'Allan'' (m)) is a 65 km long
river
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in northwestern
Switzerland and eastern
France
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. Its source is above the village
Charmoille, in the Swiss
Jura mountains. Downstream from its confluence with the
Bourbeuse and the
Canal du Rhône au Rhin
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, near
Méziré, it is called the Allan. It is a right tributary of the
Doubs
Doubs (, ; ; frp, Dubs) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.[Montbéliard
Montbéliard (; traditional ) is a town in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, about from the border with Switzerland. It is one of the two subprefectures of the department.
History
Montbéliard is ...]
, where it takes the
Savoureuse with it, a river with its sources in the southern
Vosges
The Vosges ( , ; german: Vogesen ; Franconian and gsw, Vogese) are a range of low mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single ...
.
The Allaine/Allan flows through the following cantons, departments and towns:
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Canton of Jura
The Republic and Canton of Jura (french: République et canton du Jura), less formally the Canton of Jura or Canton Jura ( , ), is the newest (founded in 1979) of the 26 Swiss cantons, located in the northwestern part of Switzerland. The capital ...
(CH):
Charmoille,
Porrentruy
Porrentruy (, fc, Poérreintru , german: Pruntrut) is a Swiss municipality and seat of the district of the same name located in the canton of Jura.
Porrentruy is home to National League team, HC Ajoie.
History
The first trace of human pre ...
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Territoire de Belfort
The Territoire de Belfort () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, eastern France. It had a population of 141,318 in 2019.[Delle
Delle () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France.
Delle is the last French town on the railway line from Belfort to Berne, in Switzerland. The railway station in Delle is served by ...]
,
Grandvillars
Grandvillars () is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department
The following is a list of the 101 communes of t ...
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Doubs
Doubs (, ; ; frp, Dubs) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France. Named after the river Doubs, it had a population of 543,974 in 2019.[Montbéliard
Montbéliard (; traditional ) is a town in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, about from the border with Switzerland. It is one of the two subprefectures of the department.
History
Montbéliard is ...]
References
Rivers of Switzerland
Rivers of France
Rivers of the canton of Jura
International rivers of Europe
Rivers of the Jura
Rivers of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Rivers of the Territoire de Belfort
Rivers of Doubs
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