The Mortagne (french: la Mortagne) is a long

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in the

Vosges The Vosges ( , ; german: Vogesen ; Franconian and gsw, Vogese) are a range of low mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single ...

and

Meurthe-et-Moselle Meurthe-et-Moselle () is a department in the Grand Est region of France, named after the rivers Meurthe and Moselle. It had a population of 733,760 in 2019.départements A department (, ) is an administrative or political division in several countries. Departments are the first-level divisions of 11 countries, nine in the Americas and two in Africa. An additional 10 countries use departments as second-level div ...

'', northeastern

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. Its source is at Saint-Léonard, west of the village, in the

Vosges Mountains The Vosges ( , ; german: Vogesen ; Franconian and gsw, Vogese) are a range of low mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single ...

. It flows generally northwest. It is a

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of the Meurthe into which it flows at Mont-sur-Meurthe, southwest of

Lunéville Lunéville ( ; German, obsolete: ''Lünstadt'' ) is a commune in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It is a subprefecture of the department and lies on the river Meurthe at its confluence with the Vezouze. History Lu ...

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Vosges: Saint-Léonard, Taintrux, La Houssière, Bois-de-Champ, Les Rouges-Eaux, Mortagne, Domfaing, Brouvelieures,

Fremifontaine Fremifontaine () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Geography The river Mortagne forms all of the commune's northeastern border. See also *Communes of the Vosges department The following is a list of t ...

, Autrey, Sainte-Hélène, Saint-Gorgon, Jeanménil,

Rambervillers Rambervillers () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Inhabitants are called ''Rambuvetais''. Geography The town is built on the banks of the Mortagne, some to the west of Saint-Dié and to the north-e ...

, Roville-aux-Chênes, Saint-Maurice-sur-Mortagne, Xaffévillers, Deinvillers *Meurthe-et-Moselle: Magnières, Vallois,

Moyen Moyen () is a village and commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle ''département'' of north-eastern France. Geography The river Mortagne forms most of the commune's south-western border. See also *Communes of the Meurthe-et-Moselle department The ...

, Gerbéviller, Haudonville, Lamath, Xermaménil, Mont-sur-Meurthe

References

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