Mortagne (river)

Mortagne
The Mortagne at Rambervillers.
Origin	Saint-Léonard 48°12′49″N 06°52′23″E / 48.21361°N 6.87306°E / 48.21361; 6.87306
Mouth	Meurthe 48°33′25″N 06°26′49″E / 48.55694°N 6.44694°E / 48.55694; 6.44694Coordinates: 48°33′25″N 06°26′49″E / 48.55694°N 6.44694°E / 48.55694; 6.44694
Basin countries	France
Length	74.6 km (46.4 mi)
Source elevation	550 m (1,800 ft)
Mouth elevation	215 m (705 ft)
Avg. discharge	6.72 m3/s (237 cu ft/s) at mouth
Basin area	582 km2 (225 sq mi)

The Mortagne (French: la Mortagne) is a 74.6 km (46.4 mi) long river in the Vosges and Meurthe-et-Moselle départements, northeastern France. Its source is at Saint-Léonard, 5 km (3.1 mi) west of the village, in the Vosges Mountains. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Meurthe into which it flows at Mont-sur-Meurthe, 5 km (3.1 mi) southwest of Lunéville.

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth:

• Vosges: Saint-Léonard, Taintrux, La Houssière, Bois-de-Champ, Les Rouges-Eaux, Mortagne, Domfaing, Brouvelieures, Fremifontaine, Autrey, Sainte-Hélène, Saint-Gorgon, Jeanménil, Rambervillers, Roville-aux-Chênes, Saint-Maurice-sur-Mortagne, Xaffévillers, Deinvillers
• Meurthe-et-Moselle: Magnières, Vallois, Moyen, Gerbéviller, Haudonville, Lamath, Xermaménil, Mont-sur-Meurthe

Notes

This article incorporates information from the revision as of August 28, 2009 of the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.

References

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