The Vienne River is a river in France. It is a tributary of the Loire. Its length is 372 km. For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A waterfall on the Ova da Fedoz, Switzerland A river is a large natural waterway. ... The Loire is wide; here in Orléans, half of it is shown, up to a dividing half-flooded island. ...

It rises in Corrèze, at the foot of Mont Audouze, on the Plateau de Millevaches. It reaches the Loire at Candes-Saint-Martin (Indre-et-Loire). Corrèze is a département in the center of France. ... Indre-et-Loire is a département in west-central France named after the Indre and the Loire rivers. ...

The river gave its name to the départements of Vienne and Haute-Vienne. The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas régions. ... This article is about the French département. ... Haute-Vienne is a French département named after the Vienne River. ...

Cities along the river include:

• Limoges
• Châtellerault
• Chinon

The City of Vienne, however, is not situated on the Vienne River Location within France Limoges (Limòtges in Occitan) is a city and commune in France, the préfecture of the Haute-Vienne département, and the administrative capital of the Limousin région. ... Ch tellerault is a commune in the Vienne d partement, in the Poitou-Charentes France. ... Chinon is a town and commune of the Indre-et-Loire département in France. ... Vienne is a commune of France, located 30 km south of Lyon, on the Rhône River. ...

Tributaries include:

• Creuse, which joins the Vienne north of Châtellerault
• Clain, which joins the Vienne in Châtellerault.