Arroux
| Arroux | ||
 The Arroux at Autun |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | FR : K1-0180 | |
| location | France , Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region | |
| River system | Loire | |
| Drain over | Loire → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source | in the municipality of Culètre 47 ° 8 '54 " N , 4 ° 33' 22" O |
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| Source height | approx. 430 m | |
| muzzle | at Digoin in the Loire coordinates: 46 ° 29 '24 " N , 3 ° 57' 33" E 46 ° 29 '24 " N , 3 ° 57' 33" E |
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| Mouth height | approx. 224 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 206 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 1.6 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 128 km | |
| Left tributaries | Lacanche , Drée , Mesvrin , Bourbince | |
| Right tributaries | Suze , Ternin , Méchet , Braconne , Celle | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Étang Barrot , Étang Fouché | |
| Small towns | Autun , Gueugnon , Digoin | |
The Arroux is a river in France , in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region . It rises in the municipality of Culètre, drains first to the west, then to the southwest and flows into the Loire after about 128 kilometers at Digoin as a right tributary . On his way he crosses the departments of Côte-d'Or and Saône-et-Loire .
At the end of the 19th century, water from the Arroux River was diverted at Gueugnon and fed into the Canal du Center via a 14 km long supply canal ( Rigole de l'Arroux ) east of the town of Digoin in order to improve the water supply of the canal. The Rigole de l'Arroux was navigable for small ships at that time. In the 1950s, however, the port in Gueugnon was closed and shipping on this supply channel was discontinued. However, the water supply via the canal still works today.
