Foivre
Foivre | ||
The river in Wignicourt |
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Data | ||
Water code | FR : H1252000 | |
location | France , Grand Est region | |
River system | His | |
Drain over | Aisne → Oise → Seine → English Channel | |
source | in the municipality of Neuvizy 49 ° 37 '35 " N , 4 ° 31' 56" O |
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Source height | approx. 203 m | |
muzzle | in the municipality of Givry in the Aisne coordinates: 49 ° 29 ′ 30 ″ N , 4 ° 32 ′ 20 ″ E 49 ° 29 ′ 30 ″ N , 4 ° 32 ′ 20 ″ E |
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Mouth height | approx. 77 m | |
Height difference | approx. 126 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 5.7 ‰ | |
length | approx. 22 km |
The Foivre is a river in France that runs in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region . It rises on the southern outskirts of Neuvizy , generally drains in a southerly direction and flows after around 22 kilometers in the municipality of Givry as a right tributary into the Aisne , which is accompanied here on the other side of the river by the Canal des Ardennes .
Name of the river
The river changes its name several times in its course:
- Ruisseau de l'Aunaie in the source area,
- Ruisseau de Buissonwé in the upper reaches,
- Foivre in the middle part and
- Migny in the mouth section.
Places on the river
(Order in flow direction)
- Neuvizy
- Buissonwé , municipality of Villers-le-Tourneur
- Le Pas , municipality of Vaux-Montreuil
- Wignicourt
- Chesnois-Auboncourt
- Écordal
Web links
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