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The Meuse and its crossings were a key objective of the Battle of France, the Battle of Sedan and also for the last major German WWII counter-offensive on the Western Front, the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944 and January 1945. The Meuse is represented in the documentary The River People released in 2012 by Xavier Istasse. [10]
Meuse (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a department in northeast France, named after the River Meuse. Meuse is part of the current region of Grand Est and is landlocked and borders by the French departments of Ardennes, Marne, Haute-Marne, Vosges, Meurthe-et-Moselle, and Belgium to the north. Parts of Meuse belong to Parc naturel régional de ...
Dinant (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.On the shores of river Meuse, in the Ardennes, it lies 90 kilometres (56 mi) south-east of Brussels, 30 kilometres (19 mi) south-east of Charleroi and 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the city of Namur.
The Canal de la Meuse (French pronunciation: [kanal də la møz]) is the current name of what used to be the northern branch of the Canal de l'Est ("canal of the east"). It is a canal in northeastern France , predominantly made up of the canalised river Meuse .
Limburg's main river is the Meuse, which passes through the province's entire length from south to north. Limburg's surface is largely formed by deposits from the Meuse, consisting of river clay, fertile loessial soil and large deposits of pebblestone, currently being quarried for the construction industry. In the north of the province, further ...
The Chiers (French pronunciation:; Luxembourgish: Kuer, German: Korn) is a river in Luxembourg, Belgium and France. It is a right tributary of the Meuse. The total length of the Chiers is approximately 140 kilometres (87 mi), of which 127 km (79 mi) in France. [1] The source of the Chiers is near Differdange, in Luxembourg.
The Semois (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Simwès in Walloon, often under elided form Smwès; Semoy, Sesbach in German, Setzbaach in Luxembourgish of Arlon; and known as the Semoy in France) is a river flowing from the Ardennes uplands of Belgium and France towards the Meuse, of which it is a right tributary. [1]
The Jeker (Dutch pronunciation: ⓘ; French: Geer, French pronunciation:) is a river in Belgium and in the Netherlands.It is a left-bank tributary to the river Meuse.The source of the Jeker is near the village of Geer, in the Belgian province of Liège.