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The Marne is a river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
 in France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, a right tributary
Tributary

A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a Mainstem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body of water....
 of the Seine
Seine

The Seine is a slow flowing major river and commercial waterway within Regions of France of ?le-de-France and Haute-Normandie in France and famous as a romantic backdrop in photographs of Paris, France....
 in the area east and southeast of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
. It is long. The river gave its name to the départements of Haute-Marne
Haute-Marne

Haute-Marne is a departments of France in the northeast of France named after the Marne River....
, Marne
Marne

Marne is a departments of France in north-eastern France named after the Marne River which flows through the department. The prefectures in France of Marne is Ch?lons-en-Champagne ....
, Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne

Seine-et-Marne is a France departments of France, named after the Seine River and Marne River rivers, and located in the ?le-de-France regions of France....
, and Val-de-Marne
Val-de-Marne

Val-de-Marne is a France departments of France, named after the Marne River, located in the ?le-de-France regions of France. The department is situated to the southeast of the city of Paris....
.

The Marne starts in the Langres
Langres

Langres is a commune in France in northeastern France. It is a sous-pr?fecture of the Haute-Marne d?partement in France in the Champagne-Ardenne r?gion in France....
 plateau, runs generally north then bends west between Saint-Dizier
Saint-Dizier

Saint-Dizier is a Communes of France in the Haute-Marne Departments of France in northeastern France.It has a population of 31,000 and is a Subprefectures in France of the department....
 and Châlons-en-Champagne
Châlons-en-Champagne

Ch?lons-en-Champagne is a city in France. It is the capital of both the Departments of France of Marne and the r?gion in France of Champagne-Ardenne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims....
, joining the Seine at Charenton
Charenton-le-Pont

Charenton-le-Pont is a commune in France in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe....
 just upstream from Paris. In the Champagne région part of the water is led through the artificial lake Lac du Der-Chantecoq, in order to regulate the water discharge.






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The Marne is a river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
 in France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, a right tributary
Tributary

A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a Mainstem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body of water....
 of the Seine
Seine

The Seine is a slow flowing major river and commercial waterway within Regions of France of ?le-de-France and Haute-Normandie in France and famous as a romantic backdrop in photographs of Paris, France....
 in the area east and southeast of Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
. It is long. The river gave its name to the départements of Haute-Marne
Haute-Marne

Haute-Marne is a departments of France in the northeast of France named after the Marne River....
, Marne
Marne

Marne is a departments of France in north-eastern France named after the Marne River which flows through the department. The prefectures in France of Marne is Ch?lons-en-Champagne ....
, Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne

Seine-et-Marne is a France departments of France, named after the Seine River and Marne River rivers, and located in the ?le-de-France regions of France....
, and Val-de-Marne
Val-de-Marne

Val-de-Marne is a France departments of France, named after the Marne River, located in the ?le-de-France regions of France. The department is situated to the southeast of the city of Paris....
.

The Marne starts in the Langres
Langres

Langres is a commune in France in northeastern France. It is a sous-pr?fecture of the Haute-Marne d?partement in France in the Champagne-Ardenne r?gion in France....
 plateau, runs generally north then bends west between Saint-Dizier
Saint-Dizier

Saint-Dizier is a Communes of France in the Haute-Marne Departments of France in northeastern France.It has a population of 31,000 and is a Subprefectures in France of the department....
 and Châlons-en-Champagne
Châlons-en-Champagne

Ch?lons-en-Champagne is a city in France. It is the capital of both the Departments of France of Marne and the r?gion in France of Champagne-Ardenne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims....
, joining the Seine at Charenton
Charenton-le-Pont

Charenton-le-Pont is a commune in France in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe....
 just upstream from Paris. In the Champagne région part of the water is led through the artificial lake Lac du Der-Chantecoq, in order to regulate the water discharge. This way large inundations or low river levels downstream are prevented.

The Marne River was the site of two battles
Battle of the Marne

There were two Battles of the Marne during World War I:* First Battle of the Marne * Second Battle of the Marne ...
 during the First World War
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
. The first battle
First Battle of the Marne

The First Battle of the Marne was a World War I battle fought between the 5th and 12th of September 1914. It resulted in a France-United Kingdom victory against the German Empire Wehrmacht under Chief of Staff Helmuth von Moltke the Younger....
 was a turning point of World War I, fought in 1914. The second battle
Second Battle of the Marne

The Second Battle of the Marne, or Battle of Reims was the last major German offensive on the Western Front . It failed when an Allied counterattack led by French forces overwhelmed the Germans, inflicting severe casualties....
 was fought four years later, in 1918. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the Marne inspired many painter artists among whom:

  • Camille Corot
  • Paul Cézanne
    Paul Cézanne

    Paul C?zanne was a French artist and Post-Impressionist Painting whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th century conception of artistic endeavour to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century....
  • Camille Pissarro
    Camille Pissarro

    Camille Pissarro was a French Impressionist Painting. His importance resides not only in his visual contributions to Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, but also in his patriarchal standing among his colleagues, particularly Paul C?zanne and Paul Gauguin....
  • Henri Rousseau
    Henri Rousseau

    Henri Julien F?lix Rousseau was a France Post-Impressionism painter in the Na?ve art or Primitivism manner. He is also known as Le Douanier after his place of employment....
    , dit " Le Douanier Rousseau"
  • Albert Marquet
    Albert Marquet

    Albert Marquet was a France painter, associated with the Fauvism movement....
  • Raoul Dufy
    Raoul Dufy

    Raoul Dufy was a French people Fauvism painter. He developed a colourful, decorative style that became fashionable for designs for ceramics, textiles and decorative schemes for public buildings....
  • André Dunoyer de Ségonzac
  • Maurice Boitel
    Maurice Boitel

    Maurice Boitel , was a France Painting....
  • Daniel du Janerand
    Daniel du Janerand

    Daniel du Janerand was a French painter artistborn in the "Marais", center of Paris, on July 18, 1919....


Départements and main towns crossed


  • Haute-Marne
    Haute-Marne

    Haute-Marne is a departments of France in the northeast of France named after the Marne River....
     (52): Chaumont
    Chaumont, Haute-Marne

    Chaumont is a Communes of France of France, and the capita of the Haute-Marne Departments of France. Population : approx. 30,000....
    , Saint-Dizier
    Saint-Dizier

    Saint-Dizier is a Communes of France in the Haute-Marne Departments of France in northeastern France.It has a population of 31,000 and is a Subprefectures in France of the department....
  • Marne
    Marne

    Marne is a departments of France in north-eastern France named after the Marne River which flows through the department. The prefectures in France of Marne is Ch?lons-en-Champagne ....
     (51): Châlons-en-Champagne
    Châlons-en-Champagne

    Ch?lons-en-Champagne is a city in France. It is the capital of both the Departments of France of Marne and the r?gion in France of Champagne-Ardenne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims....
    , Épernay
    Épernay

    ?pernay is a Communes of France in the Marne Departments of France in northern France....
  • Aisne
    Aisne

    Aisne is a departments of France in the northern part of France named after the Aisne River....
     (02): Château-Thierry
    Château-Thierry

    Ch?teau-Thierry is a Communes of France in northern France about 56 miles east-northeast of Paris. It is a Subprefectures in France of the Aisne Departments of France in Picardie....
  • Seine-et-Marne
    Seine-et-Marne

    Seine-et-Marne is a France departments of France, named after the Seine River and Marne River rivers, and located in the ?le-de-France regions of France....
     (77): Meaux
    Meaux

    Meaux is a commune in France of Seine-et-Marne, in the aire urbaine of Paris, France. This ?le-de-France town is located . east-northeast from the Kilometre Zero ....
  • Seine-Saint-Denis
    Seine-Saint-Denis

    Seine-Saint-Denis is a France departments of France located in the ?le-de-France regions of France. In local slang, it is known as "l'neuf trois" , after the official administrative number of the department, 93....
     (93): Neuilly-sur-Marne
    Neuilly-sur-Marne

    ap=Neuilly-sur-Marne_map.svg|mapcaption=Paris and inner ring d?partements|lat_long=|r?gion=?le-de-France |d?partement=Seine-Saint-Denis |arrondissement=Le Raincy|canton=|insee=|postal_code=|devise= |mayor=|term=|intercomm=none as of 2005 |date-intercomm=|elevation_m=|elevation_min_m=|elevation_max_m=|area_km2=6.86|population=32,8003...
    , Noisy-le-Grand
    Noisy-le-Grand

    Noisy-le-Grand is a commune in France in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero.The commune of Noisy-le-Grand is part of the sector of Porte de Paris, one of the four sectors of the "New town#France" of Marne-la-Vall?e....
  • Val-de-Marne
    Val-de-Marne

    Val-de-Marne is a France departments of France, named after the Marne River, located in the ?le-de-France regions of France. The department is situated to the southeast of the city of Paris....
     (94): Nogent-sur-Marne
    Nogent-sur-Marne

    Nogent-sur-Marne is a commune in France in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.6 km from the Kilometre Zero. Nogent-sur-Marne is a sous-pr?fecture of the Val-de-Marne D?partements of France, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Nogent-sur-Marne....
    , Créteil
    Créteil

    Cr?teil is a commune in France in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero. Cr?teil is the pr?fecture of the Val-de-Marne d?partement in France, as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Cr?teil....
    , Charenton-le-Pont
    Charenton-le-Pont

    Charenton-le-Pont is a commune in France in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe....
    , Champigny-sur-Marne
    Champigny-sur-Marne

    Champigny-sur-Marne is a commune in France in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero....
    , Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
    Saint-Maur-des-Fossés

    ap=Saint-Maur-des-Foss?s_map.svg|mapcaption=Paris and inner ring d?partements|lat_long=|r?gion=?le-de-France |d?partement=Val-de-Marne|arrondissement= Cr?teil|...
    , Joinville-le-Pont
    Joinville-le-Pont

    Joinville-le-Pont is a communes of France in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero....
    , Saint-Maurice
    Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne

    Saint-Maurice is a commune in France in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero. The insane asylum Charenton was located in Saint-Maurice; it is now a psychiatric hospital....