The Lèze () is a long river in the Ariège and Haute-Garonne '' départements'', southwestern France. Its source is in La Bastide-de-Sérou. It flows generally north. It is a left tributary of the Ariège into which it flows between

Labarthe-sur-Lèze Labarthe-sur-Lèze (, literally ''Labarthe on Lèze''; oc, La Barta de Lesat) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The Lèze forms part of the commune's southern border, flows northward through the ea ...

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Clermont-le-Fort Clermont-le-Fort (; oc, Clarmont) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The Ariège forms most of the commune's western border, with the Lèze, one of its tributaries, which flows here into the Arièg ...

''Départements'' and communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: *Ariège: La Bastide-de-Sérou,

Aigues-Juntes Aigues-Juntes (; oc, Aigasjuntas) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Geography The Lèze, tributary of the Ariège, forms part of the commune's southwestern and northwestern borders. Politics and administration ...

Gabre Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit epsilon is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''GABRE'' gene. The product of this gene belongs to the ligand-gated ionic channel (TC 1.A.9) family. It encodes the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) A r ...

Montégut-Plantaurel Montégut-Plantaurel (; oc, Montagut de Plantaurèl) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Geography The Lèze flows through the northwestern part of the commune. History The Chateau de La Hille, was home to Jewish ...

, Monesple, Pailhès,

Artigat Artigat is a commune in the Ariège department in the Occitanie region of south-western France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Artigatois'' or ''Artigatoises'' Geography Artigat is located some 10 km west by north-west of P ...

Le Fossat Le Fossat () is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Geography The Lèze flows northwest through the middle of the commune and crosses the village. Population See also *Communes of the Ariège department The follow ...

, Sainte-Suzanne,

Saint-Ybars Saint-Ybars is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Population Inhabitants of Saint-Ybars are called ''Eparchois''. Geography The Lèze forms part of the commune's western border. See also *Communes of the Ariège ...

*Haute-Garonne:

Massabrac Massabrac () is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The Lèze forms part of the commune's northeastern border. The commune is bordered by four communes, two of them is in Haute-Garonne, and two in Ariège ...

Castagnac Castagnac (; oc, Castanhac) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The Lèze forms most of the commune's north-eastern border. There are numerous hiking routes. The commune is bordered by five other commu ...

*Ariège:

Lézat-sur-Lèze Lézat-sur-Lèze (, literally ''Lézat on Lèze''; Languedocien: ''Lesat'') is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Geography The Lèze forms part of the commune's southern border, flows north through the commune, the ...

*Haute-Garonne:

Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze (, literally ''Saint-Sulpice on Lèze''; Languedocien: ''Sent Somplesi'') is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Geography The Lèze forms part of the commune's southwestern border, flows nor ...

, Montaut,

Beaumont-sur-Lèze Beaumont-sur-Lèze (, literally ''Beaumont on Lèze''; oc, Bèumont de Lesat) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. According to the 2008 census it had a population of 1485, increasing to 1557 at the 2018 census. ...

Lagardelle-sur-Lèze Lagardelle-sur-Lèze (, literally ''Lagardelle on Lèze''; oc, La Gardèla de Lesa) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population The inhabitants of the commune are called ''Lagardellois'' in French. Twinnin ...

Vernet Vernet is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Painters *Antoine Vernet (1689-1753), French painter, father of Claude Joseph Vernet * Claude Joseph Vernet (1714–1789), French painter * Antoine Charles Horace Vernet (1758–1835), a ...

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Rivers of France Rivers of Ariège (department) Rivers of Haute-Garonne Rivers of Occitania (administrative region) {{France-river-stub