Hallue

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Hallue
The hallue with bridge and mill in Fréchencourt

The hallue with bridge and mill in Fréchencourt

Data
Water code FR :  E6390700
location France , Hauts-de-France region
River system Somme
Drain over Somme  → English Channel
source in the municipality of Vadencourt
50 ° 0 '17 "  N , 2 ° 29" 18 "  E
Source height approx.  56  m
muzzle in the municipality of Daours in a tributary of the Somme Coordinates: 49 ° 54 '13 "  N , 2 ° 27' 16"  E 49 ° 54 '13 "  N , 2 ° 27' 16"  E
Mouth height approx.  27  m
Height difference approx. 29 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.8 ‰
length 15.8 km
Left tributaries Ravin
Right tributaries Moulin

The Hallue is a small river in France that runs in the Somme department in the Hauts-de-France region . It rises on the southern outskirts of Vadencourt , generally drains southwest to south and flows after 15.8 kilometers on the western outskirts of Daours as a right tributary into a branch of the canalized Somme . Another estuary reaches it about 300 meters further downstream. In its course it forms numerous swamps and wetlands , on the banks there are also some poplar plantations . At its mouth it reaches a normal amount of water of around 1.45 cubic meters per second. In Fréchencourt, a still visible mill is evidence of its earlier use by watermills .

Places on the river

(Order in flow direction)

history

The river achieved a certain prominence through the Battle of the Hallue on December 23, 1870, which took place here in the Franco-German War between the German Northern Army under General Manteuffel and the French Northern Army under General Faidherbe .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Source geoportail.gouv.fr
  2. ↑ estuary geoportail.gouv.fr
  3. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Halloue at SANDRE (French), accessed on November 6, 2013.