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The Aisne (/eɪn/ AYN,[1] US also /ɛn/ EN,[2] French: [ɛːn] (listen)) 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.

Aisne
The Aisne near the village of Soupir
Location
Country	France
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Champagne-Ardenne
• coordinates	48°56′44″N 05°10′46″E
Mouth
• location	Oise
• coordinates	49°26′1″N 2°50′49″E
Length	356 km (221 mi)
Basin size	7,752 km2 (2,993 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	63 m3/s (2,200 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Oise→ Seine→ English Channel
Tributaries
• left	Ruisseau de l'Étang Neuf, Boue, Ante, Auve, Tourbe, Dormoise, Rémy Galère, Ruisseau des Sugnons, Ruisseau de l'Indre
• 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

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 kilometres (221 mi) long.[3] Its main tributaries are the Vesle, the Aire and the Suippe. The Battle of the Axona was fought near there between the Romans and the Belgae 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.[4] Commercial traffic in péniches carrying 220 tonnes is still active, while recreational traffic is mainly private boats. The waterway is 57 kilometres (35 mi) 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.[5]

En route

The kilometre distances continue the numbering from Canal latéral à l'Aisne from east to west.[4]

• 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

See also

• Rivers of France
• List of Canals in France
• Canal latéral à l'Aisne
• Chemin des Dames
• Battle of the Axona

References

External links

• River Aisne and Canal lateral à l'Aisne maps and details about places, ports and moorings on the river, by the author of Inland Waterways of France, Imray
• Navigation details for 80 French rivers and canals (French waterways website section)
• World Book encyclopedia 1988

На других языках

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[de] Aisne

Die Aisne [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}ɛn] ist ein Fluss in Frankreich, im Norden des Landes, der durch die Regionen Grand Est und Hauts-de-France verläuft.

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- [en] Aisne (river)

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[es] Río Aisne

El río Aisne es un río de Francia. Es afluente del río Oise por la izquierda. Nace en el bosque de Argonne, en Rembercourt-Sommaisne (departamento de Mosa) y desemboca en el río Oise en Compiègne (departamento de Oise), tras un curso de 353,30 kilómetros por los departamentos de Mosa, Marne, Ardenas, Aisne y, en su tramo final, Oise.

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[it] Aisne (fiume)

L'Aisne è un fiume della Francia settentrionale. Nasce a Sommaisne, scorre poi verso nordovest a dividere i dipartimenti della Mosa e della Marna, per confluire nell'Oise a Compiègne.

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[ru] Эна (река)

Эна (фр. Aisne, читается «эн»; галльск. Axona, Аксона) — река во Франции, левый приток Уазы. Длина около 280 км, площадь водосборного бассейна — около 7700 км².[1]

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