Armançon

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Armançon
The Armançon in Semur-en-Auxois

The Armançon in Semur-en-Auxois

Data
Water code FR :  F3-0210
location France , Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Grand Est regions
River system His
Drain over Yonne  → Seine  → English Channel
source in the municipality of Meilly-sur-Rouvres,
47 ° 13 ′ 6 ″  N , 4 ° 32 ′ 53 ″  E
Source height approx.  420  m
muzzle at the municipal boundary of Migennes and Cheny in the Yonne Coordinates: 47 ° 57 ′ 8 "  N , 3 ° 30 ′ 31"  E 47 ° 57 ′ 8 "  N , 3 ° 30 ′ 31"  E
Mouth height approx.  80  m
Height difference approx. 340 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.7 ‰
length 202 km
Catchment area 3077 km²
Left tributaries Cléon
Right tributaries Brenne , Baon , Armance , Créanton
Reservoirs flowed through Lac de Pont
Small towns Semur-en-Auxois , Tonnerre , Saint-Florentin , Migennes

The Armançon is a river in France that runs in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region . It rises in the municipal area of Meilly-sur-Rouvres , generally drains in a north-westerly direction and flows into the Yonne as a right tributary after 202 kilometers on the municipal boundary of Migennes and Cheny . On its way, the Armançon crosses the departments of Côte-d'Or and Yonne and, above Flogny-la-Chapelle, touches the department of Aube in the neighboring region of Grand Est over a length of about one kilometer . In the upper and lower reaches of the Armançon accompanies the Canal de Bourgogne ( German: Burgundy Canal ), only in the middle part does the canal change into the valley of the Brenne .

history

The Battle of the Armançon was an equestrian battle between Julius Caesar's Germanic cavalry and the cavalry of Vercingetorix in the late summer of 52 BC. BC on the Armançon river in the course of the Gallic uprising under Vercingetorix. The Germanic cavalry hired by Caesar was able to drive back the Gallic cavalry. In order not to be encircled by the Romans, Vercingetorix retreated 14 km to Alesia , where Caesar closed a 15 km long siege ring around Alesia in just six weeks and an additional 21 km long defensive ring against the advancing united armies (about 70,000 men) Gauls built. In the subsequent battle for Alesia , the Romans won supremacy over Gaul.

Places on the river

Web links

Commons : Armançon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.fr (1: 32,000)
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  3. ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Armançon at SANDRE (French), accessed on November 4, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.