The Seugne () is an long

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in the

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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, in western

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of 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 ...

. Its source is in the

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of Montlieu-la-Garde, west of the

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. It flows generally north-northwest. North from Colombiers, the Seugne splits in some branches, the main one flowing into the Charente at

Courcoury Courcoury () is a Communes of France, commune in the Charente-Maritime Departments of France, department in southwestern France. Geography The Seugne river flows into the Charente (river), Charente in the commune, 2.5 km east of the village. ...

, east of the village and the others 3, 4, 6 and 7 km downstream at Courcoury and Les Gonds.

Communes it runs through

(ordered from source to mouth) * Montlieu-la-Garde, Pouillac,

Chepniers Chepniers is a commune in the Charente-Maritime in the department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. Geography The Seugne forms most of the commune's eastern border. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Ma ...

, Sainte-Colombe, Polignac,

Chatenet Chatenet () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime in the department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. Geography Chatenet is a small commune situated between the market town of Montendre and the large village of Chevanc ...

, Le Pin,

Mérignac Mérignac may refer to : ;Places * Mérignac, Charente, a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France * Mérignac, Charente-Maritime, a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France * Mérignac, Gironde, a commun ...

Sousmoulins Sousmoulins () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Geography The Seugne forms part of the commune's northeastern border. Population See also *Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The following i ...

, Pommiers-Moulons, Vibrac,

Chaunac Chaunac () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. Geography The Seugne forms all of the commune's eastern border. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime d ...

, Léoville, Fontaines-d'Ozillac, Saint-Médard, Champagnac,

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 ...

, Saint-Germain-de-Lusignan, Lussac,

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, Saint-Georges-Antignac, Mosnac,

Fléac-sur-Seugne Fléac-sur-Seugne (, literally ''Fléac on Seugne'') is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Geography The Seugne forms all of the commune's western border. Population See also * Communes of the Charente-Mari ...

, Belluire,

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, Bougneau, Saint-Léger, Colombiers,

Montils Montils () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. The 17th–18th actor Louis Deseschaliers was born in Montils. Geography The Seugne flows north-northwest through the western part of the commune. Population ...

La Jard La Jard () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Population Geography The river Seugne forms most of the commune's northeastern border. See also * Communes of the Charente-Maritime department The followi ...

, Berneuil,

Les Gonds Les Gonds () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in southwestern France. Geography The river Seugne forms most of the commune's eastern border, then flows into the Charente, which forms all of its northern border. Population See ...

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