The Arconce () is a long river in the

Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part. Saône-et-Loire is ...

department in central France. Its source is in Mary, southwest of the village. It is a

right tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainag ...

of the

Loire The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhôn ...

, into which it flows at

Varenne-Saint-Germain Varenne-Saint-Germain () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography Varenne-Saint-Germain is bordered by the Digoin commune to the north, Vitry-en-Charollais to the east, ...

, northwest of the village. It flows generally southwest, but north from

Anzy-le-Duc Anzy-le-Duc () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The commune lies in the southwest of the department in the valley of the Loire. The village lies in the middle ...

to its mouth, with numerous

meander A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex ban ...

Communes along its course

The following

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...

are ordered from source to mouth : Mary, Gourdon,

Le Rousset Le Rousset () is a former commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Le Rousset-Marizy.Marizy Marizy () is a former commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Le Rousset-Marizy.Ballore Ballore () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The commune lies in the southwest of the department in the valley of the Loire. The Arconce flows southwest throug ...

, Mornay,

Martigny-le-Comte Martigny-le-Comte () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Arconce The Arconce () is a long river in the Saône-et-Loire department in central France. Its ...

, Viry,

Charolles Charolles (; Burgundian: ''Tsarolles'') is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Since 2004 is Charolles part of the Charolais-Brionnais Country. Geography Charolles is located ...

, Changy,

Lugny-lès-Charolles Lugny-lès-Charolles (, literally ''Lugny near Charolles'') is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Arconce The Arconce () is a long river in the Saône-et ...

Saint-Julien-de-Civry Saint-Julien-de-Civry () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrat ...

, Nochize, Poisson,

Varenne-l'Arconce Varenne-l'Arconce is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative div ...

, Saint-Didier-en-Brionnais, Sarry,

, Montceaux-l'Étoile, Versaugues, L'Hôpital-le-Mercier,

Saint-Yan Saint-Yan is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Arconce forms part of the commune's southern border and the Loire part of its western border. Climate Educ ...

, Varenne-Saint-Germain

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