Dronne
The Dronne at the rapids near Champs-Romain
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Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics

Source
- location	Massif Central
- elevation	510 m (1,670 ft)

Mouth
- location	Isle
- coordinates	45°2′15″N 0°8′54″W / 45.03750°N 0.14833°W / 45.03750; -0.14833
Length	201 km (125 mi)

Discharge
- average	25.1 m³/s (890 cu ft/s)

The Dronne (Occitan: Drona) is a river in southwestern France, right tributary of the Isle river. It flows through the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

Its name appears, in an old form, in two communes of the Dordogne departmentː Saint-Méard-de-Drône and Saint-Pardoux-de-Drône. Its modern name appears in three communesː Aubeterre-sur-Dronne, Saint-Méard-de-Drône, Saint-Pardoux-de-Drône.

Geography

The Dronne river has a length of 200.6 km (125 mi),^[1] and a drainage basin with an area of approximately 2,798 km² (1,080 sq mi).

Course

The Dronne starts in the Massif Central, in the commune of Bussière-Galant, Creuse department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It starts in the Parc naturel régional Périgord Limousin at an altitude of about 486 metres (1,594 feet).^[2]

It flows to the southwest and, finally, the river flows into at Coutras, in the Gironde department, at an altitude of about 4 metres (13 feet).^[3]

The Dronne flows through 5 departments and 52 communes, all in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region; the main communes areː^[1]

Haute-Vienne : Bussière-Galant
Dordogne : Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière, Champagnac-de-Belair, Brantôme, Bourdeilles, Mialet, Tocane-Saint-Apre, Ribérac, Saint-Aulaye, La Roche-Chalais
Charente : Aubeterre-sur-Dronne
Charente-Maritime : Saint-Aigulin
Gironde : Les Églisottes-et-Chalaures, Coutras