Bienne (river)
Bienne | ||
Pont de Pierre river bridge in Saint-Claude |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- Morez
- Morbier
- Villard-sur-Bienne
- Saint-Claude
- Chassal (municipality of Chassal-Molinges )
- Molinges (Chassal-Molinges municipality)
- Vaux-lès-Saint-Claude
- Jeurre
- Lavancia-Epercy
- Dortan
- Chancia
Sightseeing and tourism
- Gorges de la Bienne gorge
- The stretch between Morez and Saint-Claude can be used for white water sports.
Web links
River description for canoe trips
Individual evidence
- ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
- ↑ 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.