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Encyclopedia > Aisne River

Aisne is a river in France, tributary of the river Oise. It gave its name to the French département Aisne. Its source is in the département Meuse, near the town Vaubecourt. It flows through the départements Meuse, Marne, Ardennes, Aisne and Oise. It flows into the river Oise in Compiègne. Its length is approx. 300 km.


Cities along the river include Sainte_Menehould, Vouziers, Rethel, Soissons and Compiègne.


See also: Rivers of France




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Picardie Departement Information (915 words)
The battle of Aisne, which was a German offensive against the ridge known as the Chemin des Dames, near the battlefield of Château-Thierry to the south, caused great destruction and denuded many of the old-growth forests.
Aisne’s agricultural and industrial center is in the northern town of Guise.
The département of Somme borders it to the north, Aisne to the east, Val-d’Oise and Seine-et-Marne to the south and the départements of Eure and Seine-Maritime to the west.
Aisne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (292 words)
Aisne is a département in the northern part of France named after the Aisne River.
Aisne was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790.
Aisne borders the Ardennes Forest and Belgium to the northeast.
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