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Aisne (river)

River in France

Summary

River in France

Field	Value
name	Aisne
image	Aisne Panorama.JPG
image_caption	The Aisne near the village of Soupir
map	Aisne (rivière).png
mapframe	yes
mapframe-zoom	7
source1_location	Champagne-Ardenne
source1_coordinates
mouth_location	Oise
mouth_coordinates
progression
tributaries_left	Ruisseau de l'Étang Neuf, Boue, Ante, Auve, Tourbe, Dormoise, Rémy Galère, Ruisseau des Sugnons, Ruisseau de l'Indre
tributaries_right	Orne, Coubreuil, Sougniat, Biesme, Ruisseau du Fossé des Corbeaux, Aire, Ruisseau du Moulin, Ruisseau de Saint-Gourgon, Ruisseau des Ouvions, Ruisseau des Quatorze, Migny, Vaux, Ruisseau de Saint-Fergeux, Miette, Tordoir
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	France
length	356 km
discharge1_avg	63 m3/s
basin_size	7752 km2

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German [[trench]]es along the Aisne during [[World War I

The Aisne ( , , ; Picard: Ainne) is a river in northeastern France. It is a left tributary of the Oise. It gave its name to the French department of Aisne. It was known in the Roman period as Axona.

The river rises in the forest of Argonne, at Rembercourt-Sommaisne, near Sainte-Menehould. It flows north and then west before joining the Oise near Compiègne. The Aisne is 356 km long. Its main tributaries are the Vesle, the Aire and the Suippe. The Battle of the Axona was fought between the Romans and the Belgae near the Aisne in 57 BC. Three Battles of the Aisne were fought in the Aisne valley during the First World War.

Places along the river

Departments and towns along the river include:

Meuse
Marne: Sainte-Ménehould
Ardennes: Vouziers, Rethel
Aisne: Soissons
Oise: Compiègne
Aisne: Berny-Rivière

Navigation

The river Aisne was used for commercial navigation as early as the Celtic period, and rafts were floated from a long distance above the present limit of navigation at Vailly-sur-Aisne until the mid-19th century. Canalisation works were begun in 1836, at the same time as construction of the Canal lateral à l'Aisne. The canal was completed first, in 1841, then two years later the river navigation. Commercial traffic in péniches carrying 220 tonnes is still active, while recreational traffic is mainly private boats. The waterway is 57 km long, from the river Oise to the junction with the lateral canal, and has 7 locks. Through the lateral canal, it links with the Marne and the Canal de la Meuse.

En route

The kilometre distances continue the numbering from Canal latéral à l'Aisne from east to west.

PK 51.3 is the end of the Canal latéral à l'Aisne
PK 64.5 Villeneuve-Saint-Germain
PK 67 Soissons
PK 79 Fontenoy
PK 85 Vic-sur-Aisne
PK 92 Couloisy
PK 104.5 Choisy-au-Bac
PK 108 junction with Canal latéral à l'Oise upstream of Compiègne

References

{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary. Aisne
"Aisne". [[HarperCollins]].
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Edwards-May, David. (2010). "Inland Waterways of France". Imray.
(2014). "Picardie, Waterways Guide No. 20". Editions du Breil.

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