The Cure () is a long

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

in central

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

, a right-bank

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 drainage ...

of the

Yonne Yonne () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the river Yonne, which flows through it, in the country's north-central part. One of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté's eight constituent departments, it is lo ...

. Its source is in Gien-sur-Cure, in the

Morvan The Morvan (historically Morvand from the Latin ''Murvinnum'' 590)Pierre-Henri Billy, ''Dictionnaire des noms de lieux de la France'', éditions Errance, 640 pages, 2011 , is a mountainous massif lying just to the west of the Côte d'Or escarp ...

hills. It flows into the Yonne at Cravant near

Vermenton Vermenton () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. On 1 January 2016, the former commune of Sacy was merged into Vermenton.departments and towns: (from its source to its confluence): *

Anost Anost () is a rural commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in central-east France. It is located on the departmental border with Nièvre, northeast of the Haut-Folin summit and southwest of Ménessaire ...

(source,

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 Bo ...

) *

Planchez Planchez () is a Communes of France, commune in the Nièvre Departments of France, department in central France. History In World War II, during the German occupation of France, the area around Planchez was a focus for the Maquis (World War II), ...

(Nièvre) * Gien-sur-Cure (Nièvre) * Moux-en-Morvan (

lac des Settons The Lac des Settons (Lake of the Settons) is a reservoir in the Nièvre department, France,

, Nièvre) *

Montsauche-les-Settons Montsauche-les-Settons () is a commune in the Nièvre department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in central France. Montsauche-les Settons is completely rural, the commune composed of a settlement, half of Lac des Settons (lake), and a ...

(

lac des Settons The Lac des Settons (Lake of the Settons) is a reservoir in the Nièvre department, France,

, Nièvre) *

Gouloux Gouloux () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. Demographics On 1 January 2019, the estimated population was 176. See also *Communes of the Nièvre department *Parc naturel régional du Morvan Morvan Regional Natural Park ...

(Nièvre) * Saint-Brisson (Nièvre) *

Dun-les-Places Dun-les-Places () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. It is one of the martyred villages of the Liberation in 1944. Demographics On 1 January 2019, the estimated population was 353. History During World War II, British ...

(Nièvre) *

Quarré-les-Tombes Quarré-les-Tombes () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. Population Geography The commune is located in the Morvan between the valleys of the Cure and Trinquelin. It is located on a granit ...

(Yonne) * Marigny-l'Eglise ( lac du Crescent, Nièvre) *

Saint-Germain-des-Champs Saint-Germain-des-Champs () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yonne department *Parc naturel régional du Morvan Morvan Regional Natural Park (French: ''Parc nat ...

(Yonne) *

Chastellux-sur-Cure Chastellux-sur-Cure (, literally ''Chastellux on Cure'') is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. The Chateau de Chastellux, the ancestral home of the Chastellux family, is visitable every day a ...

(Yonne) *

Saint-André-en-Morvan Saint-André-en-Morvan is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. See also * Communes of the Nièvre department *Parc naturel régional du Morvan Morvan Regional Natural Park (French: ''Parc naturel régional du Morvan'') is a ...

(Nièvre) *

Domecy-sur-Cure Domecy-sur-Cure (, literally ''Domecy on Cure'') is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. The commune is known for the Château de Domecy-sur-Cure, which dates back to the 15th century. See als ...

(Yonne) *

Pierre-Perthuis Pierre-Perthuis () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yonne department *Parc naturel régional du Morvan Morvan Regional Natural Park (French: ''Parc naturel rég ...

(Yonne) * Foissy-les-Vezelay (Yonne) * Saint-Père (near

Vézelay Vézelay () is a commune in the department of Yonne in the north-central French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is a defensible hill town famous for Vézelay Abbey. The town and its 11th-century Romanesque Basilica of St Magdalene are de ...

, Yonne) *

Asquins Asquins () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yonne department *Parc naturel régional du Morvan Morvan Regional Natural Park (French: ''Parc naturel régional du ...

(Yonne) *

Montillot Montillot () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yonne department The following is a list of the 423 communes of the Yonne department of France. The communes co ...

(Yonne) * Givry (Yonne) *

Blannay Blannay () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. See also *Communes of the Yonne department The following is a list of the 423 communes of the Yonne department of France. The communes coop ...

(Yonne) *

Sermizelles Sermizelles () is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. Located close by is the Château de Domecy-sur-le-Vault. See also *Communes of the Yonne department The following is a list of the 423 ...

(Yonne) * Voutenay-sur-Cure (Yonne) * Saint-Moré (Yonne) *

Arcy-sur-Cure Arcy-sur-Cure (, literally ''Arcy on Cure'') is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. The caves of Arcy-sur-Cure, just south of the commune, hold the second-oldest cave paintings known, after th ...

(Yonne) * Bessy-sur-Cure (Yonne) * Lucy-sur-Cure (Yonne) *

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