Lianyuan (simplified Chinese: 涟源; traditional Chinese: 漣源; pinyin: Liányuán) is a county-level city and the 7th most populous county-level division in Hunan Province, China; it is under the administration of Loudi prefecture-level City.

[4][6] Dividing parts of four counties of Xiangxiang, Anhua, Xinhua and Shaoyang, Lianyuan County was created in February 1952 and named after the place where it is located in the origin of the Lian River.

The county-level city of Loudi (modern Louxing District) was formed by seven communes from Lianyuan County (the modern Lianyuan City) in January 1961.

The city of Lianyuan covers an area of 1,830.01 km2 (706.57 sq mi) with a population of 894,000 (as of 2017).

[4] Shuidongdi Town from Lianyuan was transferred to Louxing District on January 24, 2017.