The Lizonne (), also called the ''Nizonne'', is a long
river
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in the
Dordogne
Dordogne ( , or ; ; oc, Dordonha ) is a large rural department in Southwestern France, with its prefecture in Périgueux. Located in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region roughly half-way between the Loire Valley and the Pyrenees, it is name ...
and
Charente departments in southwestern
France
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.
Its source is near Morelière, a hamlet in
Sceau-Saint-Angel. It flows generally southwest. It is a
right tributary of the
Dronne
The Dronne (, also , ; oc, Drona) is a long river in southwestern France, right tributary of the Isle. Its source is in the north-western Massif Central, east of the town of Châlus (south-west of Limoges) at an elevation of . It flows south-wes ...
, into which it flows between
Saint-Séverin and
Allemans.
Part of its course forms part of the border between the Dordogne and Charente departments.
Departments and communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
* Dordogne:
Sceau-Saint-Angel,
Saint-Front-sur-Nizonne,
Champeaux-et-la-Chapelle-Pommier
Champeaux-et-la-Chapelle-Pommier (; Limousin: ''Champeus e La Chapela de Pomiers'') is a former commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Mareuil en Pér ...
,
Rudeau-Ladosse,
Saint-Sulpice-de-Mareuil,
Puyrenier,
Beaussac,
Les Graulges,
Sainte-Croix-de-Mareuil,
Combiers
Combiers (; oc, Combier) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
Geography
The Lizonne (locally called Nizonne) forms most of the commune's southern border.
Population
Sights
* Arboretum Jean Aubouin
*The grandmonti ...
,
La Rochebeaucourt-et-Argentine,
* Charente:
Édon
Édon (; oc, Aidon) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
Geography
The Lizonne (locally called Nizonne) forms the commune's southeastern border.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Charente department
The follo ...
,
* Dordogne:
Champagne-et-Fontaine,
* Charente:
Blanzaguet-Saint-Cybard,
Gurat
Gurat (; oc, Gurac) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
Geography
The Lizonne forms the commune's southeastern border.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Charente department
The following is a list of the ...
,
* Dordogne:
Vendoire,
* Charente:
Vaux-Lavalette,
Salles-Lavalette
Salles-Lavalette (; oc, Salas La Valeta) is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
Geography
The Lizonne forms the commune's eastern border.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Charente department
The following is a ...
,
* Dordogne:
Nanteuil-Auriac-de-Bourzac,
* Charente:
Palluaud
Palluaud () is a commune in the Charente department in southwestern France.
Geography
The Lizonne forms the commune's eastern border.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Charente department
The following is a list of the 364 communes of t ...
,
* Dordogne:
Bouteilles-Saint-Sébastien
Bouteilles-Saint-Sébastien (; oc, Botelha e Sent Sabàstian) is a commune in the Dordogne department in southwestern France.
Geography
The Lizonne forms the commune's southwestern border.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Dordogne dépa ...
,
Saint-Paul-Lizonne,
* Charente:
Saint-Séverin,
* Dordogne:
Allemans,
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Charente
Rivers of Dordogne
Rivers of Nouvelle-Aquitaine
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