The Vallière () is a long

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

in the Jura and

Saône-et-Loire Saône-et-Loire (; Arpitan: ''Sona-et-Lêre'') is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in France. It is named after the rivers Saône and Loire, between which it lies, in the country's central-eastern part. Saône-et-Loire is Bo ...

departments in eastern

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. Its source is in the steephead valley of

Revigny Revigny () is a commune in the Jura department in the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Vallière has its source in the southern part of the commune; it flows north through the commune in the s ...

, in the

Jura Mountains The Jura Mountains ( , , , ; french: Massif du Jura; german: Juragebirge; it, Massiccio del Giura, rm, Montagnas da Jura) are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the Frenc ...

. It flows generally west. It is a

right tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the

Solnan The Solnan () is a long river in the Ain and Saône-et-Loire departments in eastern France. Its source is at Verjon, in the Jura Mountains. It flows generally north-northwest. It is a left tributary of the Seille into which it flows at Louhans ...

, into which it flows between Bruailles and

Louhans Louhans () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

Departments and communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: * Jura:

, Conliège, Montaigu, Perrigny,

Lons-le-Saunier Lons-le-Saunier () is a Communes of France, commune and capital of the Jura (department), Jura Department, eastern France. Geography The town is in the heart of the Revermont region, at the foot of the first plateau of the Jura massif. The Jur ...

Montmorot Montmorot () is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It is a western suburb of Lons-le-Saunier. Geography The Vallière flows west through the southern part of the commune and crosses the town. P ...

Courlans Courlans () is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Vallière flows southwest through the commune's southern part and forms part of its southwestern border. Population See also *Comm ...

Courlaoux Courlaoux () is a commune in the Jura department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Vallière flows southwest through the commune's southern part. Population See also *Communes of the Jura department The followi ...

, Condamine, * Saône-et-Loire:

Savigny-en-Revermont Savigny-en-Revermont is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Vallière flows southwest through the commune's eastern part and forms part of its southwestern borde ...

Flacey-en-Bresse Flacey-en-Bresse (, literally ''Flacey in Bresse'') is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. Geography The Vallière forms part of the commune's north-western border. Notable p ...

, Sagy, Saint-Martin-du-Mont, Bruailles,

Louhans Louhans () is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Rivers of Jura (department) Rivers of Saône-et-Loire {{France-river-stub