Saône
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For the commune in the Doubs department, France, see Saône, Doubs.
For the castle in Syria also known as Saone, see Citadel of Salah Ed-Din.
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The Saône (French pronunciation: [son]; Arpitan Sona) is a river of eastern France. It is a right tributary of the River Rhône. Rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department, it joins the Rhône in Lyon.
The name Saône derives from that of the Gallic river goddess Souconna. The recorded ancient name of the river was Arar.
Departments and major cities traversed:
- Vosges: Monthureux-sur-Saône
- Haute-Saône: Gray
- Côte-d'Or: Auxonne
- Saône-et-Loire: Chalon-sur-Saône, Tournus, Mâcon
- Rhône: Villefranche-sur-Saône, Caluire-et-Cuire, Lyon
- Ain: Thoissey, Trévoux
Main tributaries, Right Bank (R) and Left Bank (L), downstream:
- Côney (L) at Corre
- 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)
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