Crusnes (river)

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Crusnes
The river in Longuyon

The river in Longuyon

Data
Water code FR :  B41-0200
location France
River system Rhine
Drain over Chiers  → Maas  → Hollands Diep  → North Sea
River basin district Meuse
source in the parish of Crusnes,
49 ° 25 ′ 40 ″  N , 5 ° 55 ′ 38 ″  E
Source height approx.  380  m
muzzle in the urban area of Longuyon in the Chiers coordinates: 49 ° 26 '54 "  N , 5 ° 35' 57"  E 49 ° 26 '54 "  N , 5 ° 35' 57"  E
Mouth height approx.  205  m
Height difference approx. 175 m
Bottom slope approx. 5.5 ‰
length 32 km
Catchment area 266 km²
Drain
at the mouth 		MQ
 3.21 m³ / s
Left tributaries Pienne
Small towns Longuyon
Iron Church of Sainte-Barbe before restoration

Iron Church of Sainte-Barbe before restoration

The Crusnes is a river in France that runs in the Grand Est region , on the border with Germany and Luxembourg .

geography

course

The Crusnes rises in the territory of the municipality of the same Crusnes , near a former Minette - Mine , dehydrated generally in a westerly direction and opens to 32 kilometers in urban area of Longuyon as left tributary in the Chiers . On its way, the Crusnes crosses the Meurthe-et-Moselle department and, just before its confluence, forms the border with the neighboring Meuse department over a distance of about six kilometers .

Places on the river

history

The river runs near the Maginot Line , a French defensive wall that was fiercely contested during World War II . A large number of former fortifications and military cemeteries still bear witness to this today.

See also List of Ouvrages of the Maginot Line .

Attractions

  • Church of Sainte-Barbe , in Crusnes, was built entirely of iron between 1937 and 1939 ( Monument historique )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b c The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Crusnes at SANDRE (French), accessed on May 1, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.
  3. ↑ See web link: Débits caractéristiques de la Crusnes
  4. ↑ According to sandre.fr, however, the Crusnes has its source in the municipality of Errouville. Presumably it runs underground today due to the years of iron mining.

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