The Céor () 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 the

Aveyron Aveyron (; oc, Avairon; ) is a department in the region of Occitania, Southern France. It was named after the river Aveyron. Its inhabitants are known as ''Aveyronnais'' (masculine) or ''Aveyronnaises'' (feminine) in French. The inhabitants o ...

department in southern

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. Its source is at

Salles-Curan Salles-Curan (; oc, Las Salas) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Geography The ''lac de Pareloup'' forms part of the commune's northern border. The river Céor has its source in the western part of the commune. P ...

, southwest of the ''

lac de Pareloup Lac de Pareloup (; oc, link=no, Lac de Paralop; en, Pareloup Lake) is a lake in Aveyron, France. It lies on the Lévézou plateau, 25 km south east of Rodez. Description At an elevation of 805 m, its surface area is 12.6 km². The imp ...

''. It flows generally west-southwest. It is a

left 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 b ...

of the

Viaur The Viaur () is a river in south-western France. It is a left tributary of the Aveyron. Its source is in the southern Massif Central, north of Millau. It flows generally west through the following departments and towns: * Aveyron: Pont-de-Sala ...

, into which it flows at

Saint-Just-sur-Viaur Saint-Just-sur-Viaur (, literally ''Saint-Just on Viaur''; Languedocien dialect, Languedocien: ''Sent Just de Viaur'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Aveyron Departments of France, department in southern France. Geography The river C� ...

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Aveyron:

, Arvieu, Salmiech, Cassagnes-Bégonhès,

Centrès Centrès (; oc, Centres) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Geography The river Céor forms most of the commune's southeastern and southern borders, then flows (at Saint-Just-sur-Viaur) into the Viaur, which forms al ...

Rullac-Saint-Cirq Rullac-Saint-Cirq (; oc, Rutlac) is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Population Geography The river Céor forms part of the commune's northern border. See also *Communes of the Aveyron department The following i ...

Meljac Meljac () is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Geography The river Céor forms all of the commune's northern border. Population See also *Communes of the Aveyron department The following is a list of the 285 commune ...

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Occitania (administrative region) Rivers of Aveyron {{France-river-stub