Meuse

Meuse
The Meuse at Dinant
Basin of the Meuse
Native name
Location
Countries
RegionWestern Europe
Cities
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPouilly-en-Bassigny, Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France
 • coordinates47°59′12″N 5°37′00″E / 47.9867°N 5.6167°E / 47.9867; 5.6167
 • elevation409 m (1,342 ft)
MouthNorth Sea
 • location
Hollands Diep, North Brabant/South Holland, Netherlands
 • coordinates
51°42′54″N 4°40′04″E / 51.715°N 4.6678°E / 51.715; 4.6678
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length925 km (575 mi)
Basin size34,548 km2 (13,339 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average350 m3/s (12,000 cu ft/s)
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The Meuse[a] or Maas[b] is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a total length of 925 km (575 miles).

History

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From 1301, the upper Meuse roughly marked the western border of the Holy Roman Empire with the Kingdom of France, after Count Henry III of Bar had to receive the western part of the County of Bar (Barrois mouvant) as a French fief from the hands of King Philip IV. In 1408, a Burgundian army led by John the Fearless went to the aid of John III against the citizens of Liège, who were in open revolt. After the battle, which saw the men from Liège defeated, John ordered the drowning in the Meuse of burghers and noblemen in Liège whose loyalties he suspected.[6]

The border remained relatively stable until the annexation of the Three Bishoprics Metz, Toul and Verdun by King Henry II in 1552 and the occupation of the Duchy of Lorraine by the forces of King Louis XIII in 1633. Its lower Belgian (Walloon) portion, part of the sillon industriel, was the first fully industrialized area in continental Europe.[7]

Auguste Paul Charles Anastasi, Bank of the Meuse at Zwindrecht (Holland), c. 1857, lithograph, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC

The Afgedamde Maas was created in the late Middle Ages, when a major flood made a connection between the Maas and the Merwede at the town of Woudrichem. From that moment on, the current Afgedamde Maas was the main branch of the lower Meuse. The former main branch eventually silted up and is today called the Oude Maasje. In the late 19th century and early 20th century the connection between the Maas and Rhine was closed off and the Maas was given a new, artificial mouth – the Bergse Maas. The resulting separation of the rivers Rhine and Maas reduced the risk of flooding and was considered to be the greatest achievement in Dutch hydraulic engineering before the completion of the Zuiderzee Works and Delta Works.[8][9] The former main branch was, after the dam at its southern inlet was completed in 1904, renamed Afgedamde Maas and no longer receives water from the Maas.

The Meuse and its crossings were a key objective of the Battle of France, the Battle of Sedan and also for the last major German WWII counter-offensive on the Western Front, the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 and January 1945.

The Meuse is represented in the documentary The River People released in 2012 by Xavier Istasse.[10]

In July 2021, the Meuse basin was one of the many regions in Europe to experience catastrophic flooding during the 2021 European floods.[11]

Etymology

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The name Meuse is derived from the French name of the river, derived from its Latin name, Mosa, which ultimately derives from the Celtic or Proto-Celtic name *Mosā. This probably derives from the same root as English "maze", referring to the river's twists and turns.[12]

The Dutch name Maas descends from Middle Dutch Mase, which comes from the presumed but unattested Old Dutch form *Masa, from Proto-Germanic *Masō. Modern Dutch and German Maas and Limburgish Maos preserve this Germanic form. Despite the similarity, the Germanic name is not derived from the Celtic name, judging from the change from earlier o into a, which is characteristic of the Germanic languages.[clarification needed]

Geography

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The Meuse seen from SPOT satellite. The village in the lower right of the photo is Bogny-sur-Meuse; the village in the upper left is Revin.

The Meuse rises in Pouilly-en-Bassigny, commune of Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse on the Langres plateau in France from where it flows northwards past Sedan (the head of navigation) and Charleville-Mézières into Belgium.[13]

At Namur it is joined by the Sambre. Beyond Namur the Meuse winds eastwards and passes Liège before turning north. The river then forms part of the Belgian-Dutch border, except that at Maastricht the border lies further to the west. In the Netherlands it continues northwards through Venlo closely along the border to Germany, then turns towards the west, where it runs parallel to the Waal and forms part of the extensive Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, together with the Scheldt to its south and the Rhine to the north. The river has been divided near Heusden into the Afgedamde Maas on the right and the Bergse Maas on the left. The Bergse Maas continues under the name of Amer, which is part of De Biesbosch. The Afgedamde Maas joins the Waal, the main stem of the Rhine at Woudrichem, and then flows under the name of Boven Merwede to Hardinxveld-Giessendam, where it splits into Nieuwe Merwede and Beneden Merwede. Near Lage Zwaluwe, the Nieuwe Merwede joins the Amer, forming the Hollands Diep, which splits into Grevelingen and Haringvliet, before finally flowing into the North Sea.

The Meuse is crossed by railway bridges between the following stations (on the left and right banks respectively):

There are also numerous road bridges and around 32 ferry crossings.

The Meuse is navigable over a substantial part of its total length: In the Netherlands and Belgium, the river is part of the major inland navigation infrastructure, connecting the Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Antwerp port areas to the industrial areas upstream: 's-Hertogenbosch, Venlo, Maastricht, Liège, Namur. Between Maastricht and Maasbracht, an unnavigable section of the Meuse is bypassed by the 36 km (22.4 mi) Juliana Canal. South of Namur, further upstream, the river can only carry more modest vessels, although a barge as long as 100 m (328 ft). can still reach the French border town of Givet.

From Givet, the river is canalized over a distance of 272 kilometres (169 mi). The canalized Meuse used to be called the "Canal de l'Est — Branche Nord" but was recently rebaptized into "Canal de la Meuse". The waterway can be used by the smallest barges that are still in use commercially almost 40 m (131 ft) long and just over 5 metres (16 ft) wide. Just upstream of the town of Commercy, the Canal de la Meuse connects with the Marne–Rhine Canal by means of a short diversion canal.[14]

The Cretaceous sea reptile Mosasaur is named after the river Meuse. The first fossils of it were discovered outside Maastricht in 1780.

A view of the Meuse in the French Ardennes at Laifour

Basin area

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The Meuse and the Rochers de Freÿr, in front of the Castle of Freÿr south of Dinant
The Meuse at Namur, capital of Belgium's Wallonia
The Meuse at Liège, third river port of Europe
The Meuse (Maas) at Maastricht
Meuse near Gennep
Meuse near Grave
Meuse near Appeltern

An international agreement was signed in 2002 in Ghent, Belgium, about the management of the river amongst France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Belgium. Also participating in the agreement were the Belgian regional governments of Flanders, Wallonia, and Brussels (which is not in the basin of the Meuse but pumps running water into the Meuse).

Most of the basin area (approximately 36,000 km2) is in Wallonia (12,000 km2), followed by France (9,000 km2), the Netherlands (8,000 km2), Germany (2,000 km2), Flanders (2,000 km2) and Luxembourg (a few km2).

An International Commission on the Meuse has the responsibility of the implementation of the treaty.

The costs of this Commission are met by all these countries, in proportion of their own territory in the basin of the Meuse: Netherlands 30%, Wallonia 30%, France 15%, Germany 14.5%, Flanders 5%, Brussels 4.5%, Kingdom of Belgium 0.5%, and Luxembourg 0.5%.

The map of the basin area of Meuse was joined to the text of the treaty.[15]

As for culture, as a major communication route the River Meuse is the origin of Mosan art, principally (Wallonia and France).

The first landscape painted in the Renaissance was the landscape of Meuse by Joachim Patinir.[16] He was likely the uncle of Henri Blès, who is sometimes defined as a Mosan landscape painter active during the second third of the 16th century (i.e. second generation of landscape painters).[17]

Tributaries

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The main tributaries of the Meuse are listed below in downstream-upstream order, with the town where the tributary meets the river:

Distributaries

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The lower part of the Rhine-Meuse Delta

The mean annual discharge rate of the Meuse has been relatively stable over the last few thousand years. One recent study estimates that average flow has increased by about 10% since 2000 BC.[18] The hydrological distribution of the Meuse changed during the later Middle Ages, when a major flood forced it to shift its main course northwards towards the river Merwede. From then on several stretches of the original Merwede were renamed "Maas" (i.e. Meuse) and served as the primary outflow of that river. Those branches are currently known as the Nieuwe Maas and Oude Maas.

However during another series of severe floods the Meuse found an additional path towards the sea, resulting in the creation of the Biesbosch wetlands and Hollands Diep estuaries. Thereafter the Meuse split near Heusden into two main distributaries, one flowing north to join the Merwede and one flowing direct to the sea. The branch of the Meuse leading direct to the sea eventually silted up (and now forms the Oude Maasje stream), but in 1904 the canalised Bergse Maas was dug to take over the functions of the silted-up branch. At the same time the branch leading to the Merwede was dammed at Heusden (and has since been known as the Afgedamde Maas) so that little water from the Meuse entered the old Maas courses or the Rhine distributaries. The resulting separation of the rivers Rhine and Meuse is considered to be the greatest achievement in Dutch hydraulic engineering before the completion of the Zuiderzee Works and Delta Works.[8][19] In 1970 the Haringvlietdam has been finished. Since then the reunited Rhine and Meuse waters have reached the North Sea either at this site or, during times of lower discharges of the Rhine, at Hook of Holland.[20]

A 2008 study[21] notes that the difference between summer and winter flow volumes has increased significantly in the last 100–200 years. It points out that the frequency of serious floods (i.e. flows > 1000% of normal) has increased markedly. They predict that winter flooding of the Meuse may become a recurring problem in the coming decades.

Départements, provinces and towns

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The Meuse flows through the following departments of France, provinces of Belgium, provinces of the Netherlands and towns:

Detailed route

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Main cities and tributaries will be in bold.

Region Municipality on the left bank Municipality on the right bank Route
European Union France Grand Est Haute-Marne

France

Grand Est Region

Haute-Marne Department

Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse Source near Pouilly-en-Bassigny

Le Châtelet-sur-Meuse

Premier pont de la Meuse

Dammartin-sur-Meuse Dammartin-sur-Meuse Malroy

Pont de Malroy

Pont du Pâtis des Vannees

Ruisseau de Pré Chatenay

Val-de-Meuse Val-de-Meuse Meuse

Pont de Meuse (D429 Val-de-Meuse - Dombrot-le-Sec)

Ruisseau d'Avrecourt

Railway bridge Culmont-Chalindrey - Toul line

Ru d'Ouette

Ru des Fossés

Ruisseau de Bocheret

Provenchères-sur-Meuse

Pont de Val-de-Meuse (D189)

Ruisseau des Aimeguenons

Pont de l'A31 (A31 Nancy - Dijon)

Ruisseau de Joncourt

Pont de D132

Ruisseau de l'Étange

Ruisseau du Grand Étange

Lavilleneuve Val-de-Meuse Ruisseau de Rangecourt

Pont de Lavilleneuve (D132)

Le Viau

Val-de-Meuse Lénizeul

Pont de D228

Bassoncourt Bassoncourt Ruisseau du Soilleron

Pont de Bassin Court sur la Meuse (D33)

Breuvannes-en-Bassigny Breuvannes-en-Bassigny Ruisseau des Noues

Meuvy

Pont de Meuvy (D220)

Clefmont Clefmont /
Audeloncourt Audeloncourt Ruisseau du Grand Pré
Levécourt Levécourt Ruisseau de la Hourie

Levécourt

Pont de Levécourt (D131)

Huilliécourt Doncourt-sur-Meuse /
Hâcourt Hâcourt Pont de Hâcourt
Bourg-Sainte-Marie Hâcourt

Ruisseau de Piot

Brainville-sur-Meuse Pont de Bourg-Sainte-Marie (D119)
Bourmont-entre-Meuse-et-Mouzon Bourmont-entre-Meuse-et-Mouzon Bourmont
Saint-Thiébault Saint-Thiébault

Pont de Saint-Thiébault (D16)

Ruisseau d'Illoud

Bourmont-entre-Meuse-et-Mouzon Pont de Gonaincourt (D119)

Gonaincourt

Le Mordé

Pont de Bourmont sur la Meuse (D148)

Goncourt

Harréville-les-Chanteurs Harréville-les-Chanteurs Railway bridges Culmont-Chalindrey - Toul line (2x)

Harréville-les-Chanteurs

Pont de Harréville-les-Chanteurs (D202)

European Union France Grand Est Vosges (department)

France

Grand Est Region

Vosges Department

Bazoilles-sur-Meuse Bazoilles-sur-Meuse Railway bridges Culmont-Chalindrey - Toul line (2x)

Pont de Bazoilles-sur-Meuse (D74 Langres - Neufchâteau)

Bazoilles-sur-Meuse

Neufchâteau Neufchâteau Railway bridge Culmont-Chalindrey - Toul line

Neufchâteau

Pont de Neufchâteau (D674 Chaumont - Neufchâteau)

Mouzon

Railway bridge at Neufchâteau railway station

Pont All. Charles Péguy

Frebécourt Frebécourt Pont de Frebécourt

Frebécourt

La Saônelle

Coussey Coussey Coussey

Pont de Coussey (D3)

Domrémy-la-Pucelle Domrémy-la-Pucelle Pont de Domrémy-la-Pucelle (D164 Neufchâteau - Greux)

Domrémy-la-Pucelle

Greux Maxey-sur-Meuse Vair
Maxey-sur-Meuse Maxey-sur-Meuse

Pont de D19

European Union France Grand Est Meuse (department) France

Grand Est Region

Meuse Department

Brixey-aux-Chanoines Brixey-aux-Chanoines Pont de Brixey-aux-Chanoines
Sauvigny Sauvigny Ruisseau de Ruppes

Sauvigny

Pont de Sauvigny

Montbras /
Sauvigny Pont de Traveron

Traveron

Pagny-la-Blanche-Côte Pagny-la-Blanche-Côte Rivière de Chêtre

Pont de Pagny-la-Blanche-Côte (D32)

Rivière de Chêtre

Montbras Champougny /
Taillancourt La Haute Meuse
Champougny Champougny

Pont de Champougny

Maxey-sur-Vaise Maxey-sur-Vaise /
Burey-en-Vaux Sepvigny /
Sepvigny Pont de Sepvigny (D145)
Neuville-lès-Vaucouleurs Neuville-lès-Vaucouleurs /
Vaucouleurs Chalaines Chalaines

Pont de Chalaines (D960 Toul - Bure)

La Haute Meuse

Ugny-sur-Meuse Rigny-la-Salle Le Goulot de Meuse

Ugny-sur-Meuse

Saint-Germain-sur-Meuse Pont de Ugny-sur-Meuse (D36)

Saint-Germain-sur-Meuse

Pont de Saint-Germain-sur-Meuse (D144A)

Ugny-sur-Meuse Ourches-sur-Meuse Ourches-sur-Meuse

Pont de D144

Pagny-sur-Meuse Pagny-sur-Meuse Pont de Pagny-sur-Meuse (N4 Paris - Strasbourg)

Pagny-sur-Meuse

Pont de D36

Troussey Troussey Troussey

Pont de D36C

Marne–Rhine Canal

Pont de Troussey (D36)

Void-Vacon Sorcy-Saint-Martin Ruisseau de Frasne

Le Vidus

Sorcy-Saint-Martin Pont de Sorcy-Saint-Martin (D10)

Sorcy-Saint-Martin

Pont de D144

Sorcy-Saint-Martin Euville Railway bridge Paris-Est–Strasbourg-Ville line

Issey

Pont d'Euville (D144)

Canal de l'Est

Commercy Commercy Canal de l'Est

Pont de D36

Ruisseau de la Noue

Vignot Vignot Ruisseau d'Aulnois

Pont de Vignot (D958 Commercy - Pont-à-Mousson)

Vignot

Commercy Commercy Pont de Rte de Boncourt (D8A)

Canal de l'Est

Lérouville Commercy Canal de l'Est
Boncourt-sur-Meuse Boncourt-sur-Meuse Railway bridge Lérouville - Metz line

Pont de Boncourt-sur-Meuse

Pont-sur-Meuse Pont-sur-Meuse Pont-sur-Meuse

Pont de Pont-sur-Meuse (D12)

Ruisseau de Chonville

Vadonville /
Mécrin Mécrin Pont de Mécrin (D12A)

Mécrin

Sampigny Han-sur-Meuse Rivière de Mont
Han-sur-Meuse Brasseitte

Pont du Moulin Blussot (D183)

Ally-sur-Meuse

Han-sur-Meuse

Saint-Mihiel Pont de Han-sur-Meuse (D7A)
Kœur-la-Petite Bislée Pont de D964 (Commercy - Verdun)

Canal de l'Est

Kœur-la-Grande Pont de Bislée (D171)

Bislée

Chauvoncourt Canal de l'Est
Chauvoncourt Menonville
Saint-Mihiel Saint-Mihiel Canal de l'Est

Saint-Mihiel

Pont de Saint-Mihiel (D901 Saint-Mihiel - Rumont)

Les Paroches Maizey Le Rehaut

Canal de l'Est

Maizey Maizy
Dompcevrin Pont de Maizy (D101)

Dompcevrin

Le Hamboquin

Bannoncourt Rouvrois-sur-Meuse /
Bannoncourt La Petite Meuse

Pont de Bannoncourt (D109)

Bannoncourt

Railway bridge LGV Est high speed line (Paris - Strasbourg)

Ruisseau de Rompierre

Lacroix-sur-Meuse La Prêle
Woimbey /
Troyon Troyon Pont de Troyon

Troyon

Bouquemont /
Tilly-sur-Meuse /
Tilly-sur-Meuse Pont de Tilly-sur-Meuse

Tilly-sur-Meuse

Ambly-sur-Meuse Ruisseau de Récourt
Villers-sur-Meuse Villers-sur-Meuse Villers-sur-Meuse

Pont de Villers-sur-Meuse (D21)

Les Monthairons Les Monthairons Pont de Rue du Lavoir

Les Monthairons

Le Petit Monthairon

Dieue-sur-Meuse Dieue-sur-Meuse Le Clair Fossé

Ruisseau de la Dieue

La Petite Meuse

Pont de Dieue-sur-Meuse (D159)

Dieue-sur-Meuse

Ruisseau de Billonneau

Ruisseau de la Dieue

Dugny-sur-Meuse Haudainville Pont de l'Autoroute A4 (Paris - Strasbourg)

Ruisseau du Franc Ban

Belleray Belleray Pont de Belleray (D301)

Belleray

Canal de l'Est

Verdun Verdun Saint Vanne

Pont de D330

Pont de Rued'Anthouard

Verdun

Saint Vanne

Pont Fernand Legay

Canal du Puty

Pont Chaussée

Pont de D603 (Verdun - Metz)

Belleville-sur-Meuse Thierville-sur-Meuse Railway bridge St-Hilaire-au-Temple-Hagondange line (Verdun-Metz)

Canal de l'Est

La Scance

Pont de D302B

Charny-sur-Meuse Bras-sur-Meuse Charny-sur-Meuse

Pont de Bras-sur-Meuse (D115)

Vacherauville Vacherauville Vacherauville
Marre Champneuville Ruisseau de la Claire
Chattancourt /
Champneuville Pont de Champneuville (D214)
Cumières-le-Mort-Homme /
Regnéville-sur-Meuse Samogneux Regnéville-sur-Meuse

Pont de Samogneux

Samogneux

Forges-sur-Meuse Brabant-sur-Meuse Ruisseau de Forges
Consenvoye Consenvoye Pont de Consenvoye

Consenvoye

Dannevoux Sivry-sur-Meuse Canal de l'Est

Ruisseau de Guénoville

Le Butel

Pont de Dannevoux

Ruisseau de Brouzel

Vilosnes-Haraumont Vilosnes-Haraumont Canal de l'Est

Canal de l'Est

Vilosnes-Haraumont

Pont de Vilosnes-Haraumont (D123B)

Brieulles-sur-Meuse Brieulles-sur-Meuse Ruisseau de Domfontaine

Brieulles-sur-Meuse

Le Wassieu

Cléry-le-Petit Liny-devant-Dun Le Doua

La Tranchée

Dun-sur-Meuse Canal de l'Est
Doulcon Dun-sur-Meuse

Pont de Dun-sur-Meuse (D998)

Doulcon

L'Andon

Sassey-sur-Meuse Milly-sur-Bradon Ruisseau de Bradon

Canal de l'Est

Sassey-sur-Meuse Sassey-sur-Meuse

Pont de Sassey-sur-Meuse (D30)

Ruisseau des Gaules

Mont-devant-Sassey Ruisseau de Mont

Ruisseau de Longvaux

Saulmory-Villefranche Mouzay Ruisseau de Froide Fontaine

Le Grand Mohat

Le Petit Mohat

Wiseppe /
Stenay Canal de l'Est
Stenay Pont de Stenay (D947 Stenay - Montmédy)

Stenay

Canal de l'Est

La Wiseppe

Ruisseau de Cervizy

Martincourt-sur-Meuse Martincourt-sur-Meuse Pont de Martincourt-sur-Meuse

Martincourt-sur-Meuse

Luzy-Saint-Martin Inor Ruisseau de Cesse

Pont de Luz

Inor

Canal de l'Est

Pouilly-sur-Meuse Ruisseau du Fond de Noue
Pouilly-sur-Meuse Pont de Pouilly-sur-Meuse

Pouilly-sur-Meuse

European Union France Grand Est Ardennes (department)/Meuse (department)

France

Grand Est Region

Ardennes Department / Meuse Department

Létanne Ardennes (department) Pouilly-sur-Meuse Meuse (department) La Wame

Létanne

European Union France Grand Est Ardennes (department)

France

Grand Est Region

Ardennes Department

Létanne Mouzon Le Bras de Vincy

Canal de l'Est

Canal de l'Est

Mouzon Mouzon

Pont de D19

Autrecourt-et-Pourron Yoncq

Autrecourt

Ruisseau de Brouhan

Villers-devant-Mouzon Villers-devant-Mouzon

Ruisseau de la Vignette

Ruisseau des Trois Fontaines

Coupure de Remilly

Remilly-Aillicourt Douzy /
Remilly-Aillicourt Petit Remilly

Pont de Remilly-Aillicourt (D4)

Remilly

Bazeilles Chiers

Aillicourt

Pont de Bazeilles (D129)

Coupure de Remilly

Noyers-Pont-Maugis Ruisseau de Thélonne

Railway bridge Mohon-Thionville line (Sedan - Thionville)

Pont-Maugis

Balan Ruisseau de Batelotte
Wadelincourt Wadelincourt
Sedan Pont de Sedan (N43 Sedan - Charleville-Mézières)
Sedan Pont de l'Avenue Philippoteaux (D8043A)

Canal de l'Est Pont du Boulevard Fabert

Sedan

Pont de Meuse

Passerelle Saint-Vincent de Paul

Canal de l'Est

Pont-Neuf de Sedan

Glaire Floing Ruz de Glaire

Floing

Glaire

Tour à Glaire (Glaire)

Ruisseau de Floing

Igles (Glaire)

Saint-Menges Ruisseau du Bas Caillou

Saint-Menges

Donchery Ruisseau de la Falizette

Villette (Glaire)

Pont de Glaire (A34 Sedan - Charleville-Mézières)

Railway bridge Mohon-Thionville line (Charleville-Mézières - Sedan)

Sedan Frénois (Sedan)
Donchery Pont de Donchery (D24)

Donchery

Villers-sur-Bar Vrigne
Vrigne-Meuse Vrigne-Meuse

Bar

Dom-le-Mesnil Canal des Ardennes
Nouvion-sur-Meuse Nouvion-sur-Meuse

Pont de Nouvion-sur-Meuse (D33)

Flize Ruisseau des Trois Fontaines

Flize

Ruisseau de Boutancourt

Chalandry-Elaire Elaire (Chalandry-Elaire)
Les Ayvelles Lumes Lumes
Lumes Railway bridge Mohon-Thionville line (Charleville-Mézières - Sedan)
Villers-Semeuse Pont de Lumes (A34 Sedan - Charleville-Mézières)

Ruisseau de la Truie

Dérivation de Romery

Saint-Laurent Dérivation de Romery
Charleville-Mézières Le Theux (Charleville-Mézières)
Charleville-Mézières Vence

Railway bridge Soissons - Givet line (Charleville-Mézières - Reims)

Mohon (Charleville-Mézières)

Canal de l'Est

Pont de la Victoire (D8043A)

Mézières (Charleville-Mézières)

Pont de Pierre

Saint-Julien (Charleville-Mézières)

Prix-lès-Mézières Pont de Manchester (N43 Charleville-Mézières - Sedan)

Ruisseau du Marbay

Manchester (Charleville-Mézières)

Prix-lès-Mézières

Ruisseau des Rejets

Ruisseau de Praëlle

Warcq Warcq

Pont de Warcq (D16)

Sormonne

Charleville-Mézières Pont de N43 (Charleville-Mézières - Sedan)

Passerelle Bayard

Pont d'Arches (D8043A)

Canal de l'Est

Railway bridge Soissons - Givet line (Charleville-Mézières - Reims)

Railway bridge Soissons - Givet line (Charleville-Mézières - Givet)

Canal de l'Est

Charleville-Mézières

Pont de Mocy (D58)

Montcy-Saint-Pierre (Charleville-Mézières)

Passerelle du Mont Olympe

Montcy-Notre-Dame Ruisseau de la Fontaine du Prince

Ruisseau de Soiru

Montcy-Notre-Dame

Pont de Montcy-Notre-Dame (D58A)

Canal de l'Est

Aiglemont /
Nouzonville /
Nouzonville Nouzonville

La Goutelle

Ruisseau du Pré Allard

Pont de Nouzonville (D13)

Joigny-sur-Meuse Joigny-sur-Meuse Pont de Joigny-sur-Meuse (D1A)

Joigny-sur-Meuse

Bogny-sur-Meuse Bogny-sur-Meuse Braux

Pont Jean-Rogissart (D1)

Levrézy

Bogny-sur-Meuse

Pont Rue Jourde (D1C)

Château Regnault

Monthermé Railway bridge Soissons - Givet line (Charleville-Mézières - Givet)
Monthermé Semois

Monthermé

Pont de Monthermé (D989)

Deville Deville

Ruisseau de Mairupt

Laifour Ruisseau de la Lambrèque
Revin Ruisseau de la Grande Commune

Ruisseau de la Petite Commune

Laifour

Railway bridge Soissons - Givet line (Charleville-Mézières - Givet)

Pont de Laifour (D1)

Les Mazures /
Anchamps Railway bridge Soissons - Givet line (Charleville-Mézières - Givet)

Anchamps Pont d'Anchamps (D1B)

Ru de la Pille

Ruisseau des Meurtriers

Revin Orzy

Pont d'Orzy

Railway bridge Soissons - Givet line (Charleville-Mézières - Givet)

Revin

Pont de la Bouverie (D988 Charleville-Mézières - Givet)

Sartnizon

Rocroi Pont de Saint-Nicolas

Saint-Nicolas (Rocroi)

Faux

Ruisseau de Falières

Revin Pont de Fumay (D988 Charleville-Mézières - Givet)

Ruisseau des Cochons

Fumay Ruisseau de Come
Fumay Ruisseau des Manises

Railway bridge Soissons - Givet line (Charleville-Mézières - Givet)

Ruisseau de la Folie

Haybes Fumay

Pont de Fumay (D7)

Ri d'Alyse

Haybes Pont de la Guerre (D7B)

Haybes

Ruisseau de Mohron

Fépin Ruisseau d'Hargnies

Fépin

Montigny-sur-Meuse Vireux-Wallerand Risdoux

Fond de la Mènerie

Montigny-sur-Meuse

Vireux-Molhain Vireux-Molhain

Vireux-Wallerand

Pont de Vireux (D989)

Hierges Viroin
Aubrives Aubrives Aubrives
Ham-sur-Meuse Ham-sur-Meuse

Pont de Ham (D46DB)

Chooz Chooz Nuclear Power Plant
Chooz Pont de Chemin de Mission

Chooz

Pont de Chooz

Rancennes Le Fond des Vaux

Les Trois Fontaines (Chooz)

Givet /
Givet Ruisseau de Rancennes

Givet

Pont des Américains (D949)

Houille

European Union France/Belgium Grand Est/Wallonia Ardennes (department)/Namur Province

France / Belgium

Grand Est Region / Wallonia Region

Ardennes Department / Namur Province

Givet France Hastière Belgium Ruisseau de Mon Idée

Heer (Hastière)

European Union Belgium Wallonia Namur Province

Belgium

Wallonia Region

Namur Province

Hastière Hastière Heer-Agimont

Pont de N909

Hermeton-sur-Meuse

Hermeton

Ruisseau de Féron

Hastière-Lavaux

Hastière-par-delà

Pont de Hastière-Lavaux (N915)

Fond des Vaux

Ruisseau de Bonsoy

Ruisseau de la Roule

Waulsort

Ruisseau du Chestia

Dinant Freÿr (Hastière)

Moniat (Hastière)

Dinant Anseremme

Noyon Pré

Railway bridge line 166 Libramont - Bertrix - Dinant

Lesse

Viaduc Charlemagne (N97 Ciney - Philippeville)

Neffe

Saint-Paul

Dinant

Pont Charles de Gaulle (N936)

Leffe

Ruisseau de Leffe

Bouvignes-sur-Meuse

Yvoir /
Anhée Houx (Yvoir)

Railway bridge line 154 Dinant - Namur

Anhée

Molignée

Pont d'Anhée (N92 Namur - Dinant)

Yvoir

BocqBocq

Hun (Anhée)

Rouillon (Anhée)

Pont de Rouillon (N947a)

Profondeville Godinne (Yvoir)

Rivière (Profondeville)

Profondeville Burnot

Burnot

Pont de Lustin (N947)

Profondeville

Tailfer

Ruisseau de Tailfer

Namur Boreuville (Namur)
Namur Pont de Wépion

Grand Ry

Dave

Ruisseau de Dave

Wépion

Marlagne

La Plante

Pont de Jambes

Jambes

Passerelle l'Enjambée

Sambre

Namur

Pont des Ardennes (N90 Namur - Liège)

Houyoux

Railway bridge 'Pont de Luxembourg' line 154 Dinant - Namur

Bouge

Pont des Grands Malades (N905)

Viaduc du Beez (E411 Namur - Arlon)

Beez

Lives-sur-Meuse

Brumagne

Gelbresse

Marche-les-Dames

Andenne Andenne Samson

Samson

Pont de Namêche (N942)

Namêche

Sclayn

Pont de N968

Ruisseau de la Loysse

Seilles