Saône

[ sohn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Saône

/ son /

a river in E France, rising in Lorraine and flowing generally south to join the Rhône at Lyon, as its chief tributary: canalized for 375 km (233 miles) above Lyon; linked by canals with the Rhine, Marne, Seine, and Loire Rivers. Length: 480 km (298 miles)

Adieu, ye lonely banks of the Saône, whose wild beauty could fill my heart with such deep delight.

Modern Chalon-Sur-Saône has not very much that is attractive.

The company was located at Villefranche-sur-Saône, but no name is recorded.

Doubs, a tributary of the Saône, which it falls into below Dôle; gives name to the dep.

Very far on (how far was marked on the milestone) it was to cross the Saône by its own bridge, and feed the life of Lyons.

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