The Alène () is a long
river
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in the
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.[France
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.
Its source is at
Poil, about west of the village, in the ''
parc naturel régional du Morvan
Morvan Regional Natural Park (, ) is a protected area of woodlands, lakes and traditional farmland in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central France. It covers a total area of and extends through four different departments with the major ...
''. It flows generally west. It is a
left tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ('' 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 into which the ...
of the
Aron, into which it flows at
Cercy-la-Tour, about east-northeast of
Decize.
Communes along its course
This list is ordered from source to mouth:
*Nièvre:
Poil,
Millay,
Luzy,
Fléty,
Avrée,
Sémelay,
Rémilly,
Fours,
Thaix,
Cercy-la-Tour
References
Rivers of France
Rivers of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Rivers of Nièvre
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