The Diège (; ) is a long

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in the

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'', south central

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. Its source is at Saint-Setiers, on the

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, in the '' parc naturel régional de Millevaches en Limousin''. It flows generally southeast. It is a

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of the

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into which it flows between Roche-le-Peyroux and Saint-Julien-près-Bort, southwest of

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. Its main tributary is the

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Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Corrèze: Saint-Setiers, Sornac, Bellechassagne, Saint-Germain-Lavolps, Saint-Pardoux-le-Vieux, Chaveroche, Ussel, Mestes,

Saint-Exupéry-les-Roches Saint-Exupéry-les-Roches (; Auvergnat: ''Sent Sepieri lo Ròcas'') is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. Geography The river Diège forms all of the commune's southwestern boundary. Population See also * Antoine de ...

, Chirac-Bellevue, Saint-Victour, Margerides, Saint-Étienne-la-Geneste, Sainte-Marie-Lapanouze, Roche-le-Peyroux, Saint-Julien-près-Bort,

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Corrèze Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine {{France-river-stub