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Départements - and major cities - traversed:
Note: the names of two of these départements include that of the river.
Main tributaries:
The name Saône derives from that of the Celtic river goddess Souconna.
Saône is also a commune in the French départementThe departements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties and are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas regions''. They are subdivided into 342 arrondissements''. Departements are also found i of Doubs.