Hurtaut

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Hurtaut
Malacquise
View of the valley of the river near Lislet

View of the valley of the river near Lislet

Data
Water code FR :  H0104000
location France , Grand Est and Hauts-de-France regions
River system His
Drain over Serre  → Oise  → Seine  → English Channel
source in the municipality of Signy-l'Abbaye
49 ° 44 ′ 24 ″  N , 4 ° 22 ′ 41 ″  E
Source height approx.  245  m
muzzle at Montcornet in the Serre coordinates: 49 ° 41 ′ 51 "  N , 4 ° 0 ′ 34"  E 49 ° 41 ′ 51 "  N , 4 ° 0 ′ 34"  E
Mouth height approx.  80  m
Height difference approx. 165 m
Bottom slope approx. 4.3 ‰
length 38 km

The Hurtaut is a river in France that runs through the Grand Est and Hauts-de-France regions. Its source stream rises under the name Ruisseau de Serre in the municipality of Signy-l'Abbaye and generally drains in a south-westerly direction through the Thiérache landscape . Approximately at the level of the hamlet of La Malacquise , in the municipality of Saint-Jean-aux-Bois , the watercourse also changes its name to Malacquise . Below Renneville it reaches the border with the neighboring region of Hauts-de-France, here again changes its name to Hurtaut and also its direction of flow to northwest. Finally, after a total of 38 kilometers, it flows into the Serre as a left tributary at Montcornet . On its way, the Hurtaut crosses the Ardennes and Aisne departments .

Places on the river

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Remarks

  1. ↑ a b geoportail.fr (1: 16,000)
  2. ↑ a b The information on the length of the river is based on the information about the Hurtaut from SANDRE (French), accessed on January 14, 2011, rounded to the nearest kilometer.