The Né () is a

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in the

Charente Charente (; Saintongese: ''Chérente''; oc, Charanta ) is a department in the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, south western France. It is named after the river Charente, the most important and longest river in the department, an ...

and

Charente-Maritime Charente-Maritime () is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region on the southwestern coast of France. Named after the river Charente, its prefecture is La Rochelle. As of 2019, it had a population of 651,358 with an area of 6,864 square kil ...

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s'', in southwestern

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. It is a left tributary of the

Communes and cantons crossed

The Né flows through 25 communes and 6 cantons: In upstream to downstream order, Bécheresse (source), Voulgézac, Pérignac, Coteaux du Blanzacais, Val-des-Vignes, Ladiville, Bellevigne, Vignolles, Saint-Médard,

Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire () is a commune in the Charente department, Southwestern France. The commune was formed in 1973 by the merger of the former communes Barbezieux and Saint-Hilaire.Lagarde-sur-le-Né Lagarde-sur-le-Né (, literally ''Lagarde on the Né'') is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 364 communes of the Charente ...

, Lachaise,

Criteuil-la-Magdeleine Criteuil-la-Magdeleine () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 364 communes of the Charente department of France. The com ...

, Verrières, Saint-Palais-du-Né, Cierzac, Saint-Fort-sur-le-Né, Germignac, Saint-Martial-sur-Né, Celles, Salles-d'Angles,

Gimeux Gimeux () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 364 communes of the Charente department of France. The communes cooperate ...

Ars Ars or ARS may refer to: Places * Ars, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran * ''Ars'', various communes in France: ** Ars, Charente, in the Charente ''département'' ** Ars, Creuse, in the Creuse ''département'' ** Ars-en-Ré, in ...

, Merpins and Salignac-sur-Charente (confluence). The Né runs through the cantons of Charente-Sud, Boëme-Échelle, Charente-Champagne,

Jonzac Jonzac (; french: label=Poitevin-Saintongese, Jhonzat) is a commune of the Charente-Maritime department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. The historian Jean Glénisson (1921–2010) was born in Jonzac as well as the philosopher Jean Hypp ...

, Cognac-2 and Thénac.

Hydronymy and names

The ancient forms are "aquam vocatam Net" around 1090, "usque ad Ne" around 1145, "in riberia Neti et in terris ultra Netum" in the 12th century, "prope Nedum" in 1229, "prope fluvium Ne" in the first quarter of the 13th century, "in loco qui dicitur Capd Nedi" around 1300. The name may have a Celtic root.Jacques Duguet, ''Noms de lieux des Charentes'', éd. Bonneton, 1995, 232 p. (), p. 57 The Né gives its name to four municipalities:

Lagarde-sur-le-Né Lagarde-sur-le-Né (, literally ''Lagarde on the Né'') is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Charente department The following is a list of the 364 communes of the Charente ...

, Saint-Fort-sur-le-Né, Saint-Martial-sur-Né, Saint-Palais-du-Né.

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Charente-Maritime Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine Rivers of Charente {{France-river-stub