Ougeotte

Ougeotte
River
The "pont aux oies" (goose bridge) at Montigny-lès-Cherlieu
Country	France
Region	Franche-Comté
Municipality	Montigny-lès-Cherlieu
Mouth	Upper Saône
Length	27.3 km (17 mi)
Area	100 km2 (39 sq mi)
Discharge
- average	1 m3/s (35 cu ft/s)

The Ougeotte is a river in the Franche-Comté department in the east of France. It is a sub-tributary of the Rhône via the Saône.

Geography

The Ougeotte rises in Ouge, which gives its name to the river. It receives the Gailley at Chauvirey-le-Vieil, then the Écrevisses stream on the right of the ancient Agneaucourt mill. It flows into the Saône near Montureux-lès-Baulay. Its direction is east to west.

Nowadays there are no more mills which take power from the Ougeotte, while at the beginning of the 19th century there were many:

• Ouge: le Moulinot
• Chauvirey: le Bouvot, le Maublanc, la Guerelle, le Grand Moulin
• Montigny-lès-Cherlieu: Montigny, Agneaucourt, and on the tributary stream: le Ferry and le Battant
• Noroy
• Bougey: la Perrière
• Gevigney: Vachez, le Moulin Neuf
• Montureux-lès-Baulay

In the 1840s, the Ougeotte was populated by burbot, pike, eel and perch. By 1960, it was fished for trout and crayfish.

Notes and references

• List of rivers of France
• (French) SANDRE website]