Bienne (river)

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Bienne
Pont de Pierre river bridge in Saint-Claude

Pont de Pierre river bridge in Saint-Claude

Data
Water code FR :  V24-0400
location France , Bourgogne-Franche-Comte region
River system Rhône
Drain over Ain  → Rhône  → Mediterranean
source in the municipality of Prémanon
46 ° 27 ′ 27 ″  N , 6 ° 10 ′ 14 ″  E
Source height approx.  1050  m
muzzle at Chancia in the Ain coordinates: 46 ° 20 ′ 41 "  N , 5 ° 38 ′ 32"  E 46 ° 20 ′ 41 "  N , 5 ° 38 ′ 32"  E
Mouth height approx.  300  m
Height difference approx. 750 m
Bottom slope approx. 11 ‰
length 69 km
Left tributaries Tacon , Longviry, Merdanson
Right tributaries Lison
Small towns Morez , Saint-Claude

The Bienne is a river in France that runs in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region . It rises under the name of Biennette in the municipality of Prémanon , in the Haut-Jura Regional Nature Park , just southeast of the Mont Fier summit (1282 m). The river initially drains north-east to north and at Morez reaches a fault line across the Jura chains , which abruptly forces the river in a south-westerly direction. Here the Bienne flows through the impressive limestone gorge Gorges de la Bienne and finally flows into the Ain after a total of 69 kilometers at Chancia in the backwater of the Lac de Coiselet reservoir as a left tributary . In its mouth section, the Bienne runs on the border with the neighboring Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region .

Places on the river

Sightseeing and tourism

  • Gorges de la Bienne gorge
  • The stretch between Morez and Saint-Claude can be used for white water sports.

Web links

Commons : Bienne  - collection of images, videos and audio files

River description for canoe trips

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Bienne at SANDRE (French), accessed on December 15, 2012, rounded to full kilometers.