It flows through ten communes: Letia, Murzo, Vico, Rosazia, Arbori, Lopigna, Arro, Ambiegna, Coggia and Casaglione.

After a course of 40.9 kilometres (25.4 mi), it flows into the Gulf of Sagone north of Ajaccio, between the two towns of Coggia and Casaglione.

The sea remains visible, although not the plain, until a high rock barrier below the Cruzinu tributary blocks the view.

[7] Above the gorges the topography is less rugged and the land is more inhabited, with many villages surrounded by groves of olives and chestnuts.

[8] Today many of the inhabitants have left, but the fortified town of Vico with its tall houses and the Convent of Saint-François still preserve a strong architectural heritage.

[9] There is a legend that three brothers, Liamone, Golo and Tavignano, suffered from the cold in the mountains of the central chain of Corsica.

[10] Pliny the Elder recorded the town of Charax (Ancient Greek: Χάραξ) as being to the West above the Liamone.