Saône

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The Saône (son) (Sona in Arpitan) is a river of eastern France. It is a right tributary of the River Rhône (Rôno in Arpitan, Ròse in Occitan). Rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department, it joins the Rhône in Lyon (Liyon).

Départements - and major cities - traversed:

Vosges (88) - Monthureux-sur-Saône
Haute-Saône (70) - Gray
Côte-d'Or (21) - Auxonne
Saône-et-Loire (71) - Chalon-sur-Saône, Tournus, Mâcon
Rhône (69) - Villefranche-sur-Saône, Caluire-et-Cuire, Lyon
Ain (01) - Thoissey, Trévoux

Note: the names of two of these départements include that of the river.

Main tributaries, Right Bank (R) and Left Bank (L), downstream:

Ognon (L) at Perrigny-sur-l'Ognon
Tille (R) at Les Maillys
Ouche (R) at Saint-Jean-de-Losne
Doubs (L) at Verdun-sur-le-Doubs (in which flows the Loue)
Dheune (R) at Allerey-sur-Saône
Grosne (R) at Marnay
Seille (L) at La Truchère
Reyssouze (L) at Reyssouze
Veyle (L) after Pont-de-Veyle
Chalaronne (L) at Thoissey
Morgon (R) at Villefranche-sur-Saône
Azergues (R) at Anse (in which flows the Brévenne)

The name Saône derives from that of the Gallic river goddess Souconna. However, the recorded ancient name of the river was Arar.

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