The Briance (; oc, Briança) is a long river in the
Haute-Vienne
Haute-Vienne (; oc, Nauta Vinhana, ; English: Upper Vienne) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwest-central France. Named after the Vienne River, it is one of the twelve departments that together constitute Nouvelle-Aquitai ...
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département
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'', central France.
Its source is at
La Croisille-sur-Briance. It flows generally northwest. It is a
left tributary of the
Vienne into which it flows between
Condat-sur-Vienne and
Bosmie-l'Aiguille.
Communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
La Croisille-sur-Briance,
Saint-Vitte-sur-Briance,
Saint-Méard,
Linards
Linards (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France
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Glanges,
Saint-Bonnet-Briance,
Saint-Genest-sur-Roselle,
Vicq-sur-Breuilh,
Saint-Hilaire-Bonneval,
Pierre-Buffière
Pierre-Buffière (; oc, Peira Bufiera) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France
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,
Saint-Jean-Ligoure,
Boisseuil,
Le Vigen,
Solignac,
Condat-sur-Vienne,
Jourgnac,
Bosmie-l'Aiguille
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Haute-Vienne
Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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