The Nièvre () is a river in central France, a right tributary of the
Loire
The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône ...
. It flows through the ''
département
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivity, territorial collectivities"), between the regions of France, admin ...
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Nièvre
Nièvre () is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, central-east France. Named after the river Nièvre, it had a population of 204,452 in 2019.Champlemy. It flows generally south, through
Guérigny
Guérigny () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.
Demographics
See also
* Communes of the Nièvre department
The following is a list of the 309 communes of the Nièvre department of France.
The communes cooperate in the ...
, Urzy, and empties into the Loire in the town centre of
Nevers
Nevers ( , ; la, Noviodunum, later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is the prefecture of the Nièvre Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in central France. It was the principal city of the ...