Diège

Diège
Origin	Plateau de Millevaches 45°43′31″N 02°08′28″E / 45.72528°N 2.14111°E / 45.72528; 2.14111
Mouth	Dordogne 45°24′51″N 02°22′52″E / 45.41417°N 2.38111°E / 45.41417; 2.38111Coordinates: 45°24′51″N 02°22′52″E / 45.41417°N 2.38111°E / 45.41417; 2.38111
Basin countries	France
Length	54.4 km (33.8 mi)
Source elevation	770 m (2,530 ft)
Mouth elevation	400 m (1,300 ft)
Avg. discharge	12 m3/s (420 cu ft/s) at mouth
Basin area	508 km2 (196 sq mi)

The Diège (Occitan: Dieja) is a 54.4 km (33.8 mi) long river in the Corrèze département, south central France. Its source is at Saint-Setiers, on the plateau de Millevaches, in the parc naturel régional de Millevaches en Limousin. It flows generally southeast. It is a right tributary of the Dordogne into which it flows between Roche-le-Peyroux and Saint-Julien-près-Bort, 68 km (42 mi) southwest of Clermont-Ferrand.

Its main tributary is the Liège.

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth:

• Corrèze: Saint-Setiers, Sornac, Bellechassagne, Saint-Germain-Lavolps, Saint-Pardoux-le-Vieux, Chaveroche, Ussel, Mestes, Saint-Exupéry-les-Roches, Chirac-Bellevue, Saint-Victour, Margerides, Saint-Étienne-la-Geneste, Sainte-Marie-Lapanouze, Roche-le-Peyroux, Saint-Julien-près-Bort,

Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on 6 May 2009.

References

• http://www.geoportail.fr
• The Diège at the Sandre database