The Côle (french: la Côle) 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

Dordogne Dordogne ( , or ; ; oc, Dordonha ) is a large rural department in Southwestern France, with its prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and the Pyrenees, it is named af ...

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'', south-central

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. It rises near ''le Châtenet'', a hamlet in Firbeix. It flows generally 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

Dronne The Dronne (, also , ; oc, Drona) is a long river in southwestern France, right tributary of the Isle. Its source is in the north-western Massif Central, east of the town of Châlus (south-west of Limoges) at an elevation of . It flows south-we ...

into which it flows between

Condat-sur-Trincou Condat-sur-Trincou (; oc, Condat de Trincor) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Geography The village lies on the right bank of the Trincou, which flows southwest through the northern part of ...

and Brantôme.

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: Firbeix,

La Coquille La Coquille (; oc, La Coquilha) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises o ...

, Mialet,

Saint-Jory-de-Chalais Saint-Jory-de-Chalais (, literally ''Saint-Jory of Chalais''; oc, Sent Jòri de Chalés) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Geography The Côle flows south through the middle of the commune; ...

Saint-Romain-et-Saint-Clément Saint-Romain-et-Saint-Clément (; Limousin: ''Sent Róman e Sent Clamenç'') is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. In 1827, the municipalities of St. Clement and St. Romain merge under the name of ...

Thiviers Thiviers (; oc, Tivier) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Population Personalities It is notable as being the town in which Jean-Paul Sartre lived as a child. Painter Pierre Bouillon was b ...

Saint-Jean-de-Côle Saint-Jean-de-Côle (, literally ''Saint-Jean of Côle''; Limousin: ''Sent Joan de Còla'') is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Geography The Côle flows south-southwest through the middle of th ...

Saint-Pierre-de-Côle Saint-Pierre-de-Côle (, literally ''Saint-Pierre of Côle''; Limousin: ''Sent Peir de Còla'') is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. Geography The river Côle flows southwestward through the midd ...

La Chapelle-Faucher La Chapelle-Faucher (; oc, La Chapela Fauchier) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. This small but quaint rural French village has a Romanesque-style church, Notre Dame de l'Assomption built in ...

, Brantôme

References

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