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30-800: Malonne lies on the shore of the Sambre , upstream of its confluent in Namur with the Meuse , making it the first village in the Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse region (literally: Between Sambre and Meuse ) on the Sambre's side, Wepion being its mirror on the Meuse's side. Neighboring villages include Flawinne to the north, on the western shore of the Sambre, Salzinnes to the north-east (although usually considered to be part of Namur itself), Wepion to

60-657: A decline in the steel industry. The river flows into the Meuse at Namur , Belgium. The navigable waterway is managed in France by Voies Navigables de France and in Belgium by the Service Public Wallon - Direction générale opérationnelle de la Mobilité et des Voies hydrauliques (Operational Directorate of Mobility and Inland Waterways) The Sambre flows through the following departments of France , provinces of Belgium and towns: The 19th-century theory that

90-612: A drier plateau known for its dairy products and Brie cheese. According to the 2003 census, the forested area of the department was 123,392 hectares, or 16.6% for an average metropolitan area of 27.4%. The landscape is dominated by masses of rock which often have steep flanks. These rocks appear all over the region, but the most impressive examples are at Laon and the Chemin des Dames ridge. The department of Aisne includes one medium-sized city (Saint-Quentin) and three small cities (Laon, Soissons and Château-Thierry) to which may be added

120-567: A strategical position between two streams. Proofs of Roman presence have been confirmed in the village, through a cemetery and an agricultural holding in the locality of Reumont dating to the Roman High-Empire. Malonne would have been founded around the year 600, or at least it's at this date that it enters history. Its founder, Saint-Berthuin, was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop (probably Irish). Legend says an angel visited him in his dreams, and asked him to leave all his goods behind and establish

150-564: A village between the Meuse and the Landoir. He is warmly welcomed by the landlords: Roga, the squire of Flawinne hands over her domain of Malonne, on which Saint-Berthuin builds his oratory; Odoacre, landlord of Floreffe , Gives him some land; and Pepin of Herstal gives away 5 smallholdings, of which possibly Reumont . These generous donations were commonplace during the Merovingian period. In exchange for poor or hard-to-defend lands,

180-477: Is 39 km long and includes 10 locks of the same dimensions as in France, down to the industrial town of Charleroi . The rest of the Belgian Sambre was upgraded to European Class IV dimensions (1350-tonne barges) in the immediate post-World War II period. It lies at the western end of the sillon industriel , which is still Wallonia 's industrial backbone, despite the cessation of all the coal-mining and

210-789: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sambre The Sambre ( French: [sɑ̃bʁ] ) is a river in northern France and in Wallonia , Belgium . It is a left-bank tributary of the Meuse , which it joins in the Wallonian capital Namur . The source of the Sambre is near Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache , in the Aisne department . It passes through the Franco-Belgian coal basin, formerly an important industrial district. The navigable course begins in Landrecies at

240-619: Is a mixture of rural areas and working-class towns. As a place of residence for some families working in Paris or Île-de-France , Aisne was for many years a department rather oriented to the left, with a majority on the General Council on the left since 1998, and the same for the majority of parliamentary seats representing the department in the National Assembly. However, since the 2000s, Aisne has strongly shifted in favour of

270-593: The Cathedral of Laon , the Chemin des Dames and the Château de Coucy . Among the many places to explore are: In 2020, the department had 3.4% of second homes. During World War I a number of significant architectural monuments were destroyed. Of the buildings that survived, the medieval churches in Laon, Braine , and Urcel are the most significant. The ruined castle of La Ferté-Milon escaped further damage during

300-471: The Front National , Marine Le Pen , received a majority of the votes cast: 52.91%. In the second round of the 2022 French presidential election , Aisne was the mainland departement with the highest percentage support for her. Aisne is divided into five arrondissements and 21 cantons . The department has 798 communes and five parliamentary constituencies . Aisne lost some of its population in

330-550: The Landoir (a brook flowing into the Sambre ). This part of the village is therefore called the Bottom of Malonne, or simply the Bottom. The area is hilly, with a 220 meters highest point while the Sambre , its lowest, flows at 85 meters. Except for a few abandoned quarries , the terrain has been mostly untouched. Streams, however, have been more affected. The Sambre's natural flow was rectified to allow for easier navigation and

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360-526: The National Rally . Indeed, Aisne is the department that was most favourable to this party during the 2012 presidential elections , having won 26.33% of votes there. In 2017, Aisne votes 52.91% in favour of the National Rally during the second round. In 2022, this value was 7 points higher, at 59.91%; The smaller cities of the northern department such as Guise , Hirson , Vervins and

390-1101: The communes of the Aisne department . The Scheldt (which takes its source near Le Catelet ), the Aisne , the Marne , the Ourcq , the Vesle , the Somme (which rises in Fonsommes ), the Oise , and the Serre . In the south of the department, there is the Surmelin , the Verdonnelle, and the Dhuys (this river is channeled into the Dhuis Aqueduct, 131 km long, to supply drinking water to Paris since 1 October 1865 and also more recently

420-551: The Landoir has been hidden under roads and houses in its lower part. The surroundings of Malonne have been inhabited for a long time, well into Prehistory . In the valleys of the Sambre and the Meuse , in the middle of which Malonne lies, several digging sites have revealed signs of dwelling as soon as the Paleolithic and throughout prehistory. Namur then developed in the Roman Era , a few kilometers from Malonne, having

450-565: The Leisure Park of Marne-la-Vallée ). The department is also crossed by numerous canals (e.g. the Canal of Saint-Quentin , 93 km). There is an average of 500 to 750 mm precipitation annually. Weather Data for Saint Quentin – Roupy The department is crossed by three railway lines from Paris: the first two from the Gare du Nord and the third from the Gare de l'Est : In 1873,

480-645: The Sambre was the location of Julius Caesar 's battle against a Belgic confederation (57 BC), was discarded a long time ago, but is still repeated. Three important battles were fought in Fleurus , a suburb of Charleroi on the north bank of the Sambre: the Thirty Years' War Battle of Fleurus (1622) , the Nine Years' War Battle of Fleurus (1690) , and the crucial 26 June 1794 Battle of Fleurus (1794) ,

510-408: The conglomeration formed by Chauny and Tergnier. There are many other agglomerations of an urban character because Aisne has been densely populated since before the 19th century. The villages are numerous and rather small. The most populous commune is Saint-Quentin ; the prefecture Laon is the third-most populous. As of 2019, there are 7 communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants: See also: List of

540-729: The department of Aisne had 10 railway companies with a total length of 382 km. Aisne developed from the ancient settlement of Acinum, from which its name derives. The Battle of the Axona was fought nearby in 57 BC. Aisne is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the former provinces of Île-de-France (Laon, Soissons, Noyon, and Valois, which are actually historical and cultural parts of Picardy that were annexed to Île-de-France ), Picardy (Thiérache Vermandois), and Champagne (Brie, and Omois). Most of

570-555: The economy, especially cereal crops. Beet sugar is one of the most important industrial crops of the area. Silk, cotton, and wool weaving flourish in Saint-Quentin and other towns. Saint-Gobain is known for its production of mirrors, which started in the 17th century. Guise is the agricultural centre of the northern area of Aisne. Volkswagen Group France has headquarters in Villers-Cotterêts . The department

600-516: The junction with the Canal de la Sambre à l'Oise, which links with the central French waterway network (or did, until navigation was interrupted in 2006 following structural failures). It runs 54 km and 9 locks 38.50m long and 5.20m wide down to the Belgian border at Jeumont. From the border the river is canalised in two distinct sections over a distance of 88 km with 17 locks. The Haute-Sambre

630-579: The mighty ensured good relations with the Church both on earth and -hopefully- in the heavens. The Vita Bertuini is the biggest source of information on the Saint's life. During the Middle Ages , Malonne was under the authority of Liège . It seems Saint-Berthuin's ownership slowly lost its strength, and was replaced by a group of canons in charge of the domain. This Namur Province location article

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660-617: The most significant battle of the Flanders Campaign in the Low Countries during the French Revolutionary Wars . The last was fought on both banks of the river, culminating a campaign that had involved multiple crossings and re-crossings of the river. Heavy fighting occurred along the river during World War I , especially at the siege of Namur in 1914 ( Battle of Charleroi ) and in the last month of

690-562: The old growth forests in the area were destroyed during battles in World War I . The French offensive against the Chemin des Dames in spring 1917 is sometimes referred to as the Second Battle of the Aisne . The arms of Aisne are blazoned  : Party per fess wavy argent, one of Or three bendlets of azure; two of azure with band argent between two cotices potent counter potent of Or and Azure . Agriculture dominates

720-615: The railway city of Tergnier are sources of support for left-wing parties. The President of the General Council is the Liberal Nicolas Fricoteaux. In the 2021 departmental election , the Departmental Council of Aisne was elected as follows: In the second round of the French presidential elections of 2017 Aisne was one of only two departments (along nearby Pas-de-Calais ) in which the candidate of

750-498: The second half of the 19th century, due to the rural exodus but this was limited by the industrial development in the north of the department (Saint-Quentin, Chaunois, Thiérache). Greatly affected by the First World War , the department has seen its population grow slightly to the same level as in 1900. For thirty years, the industrial decline has caused stagnation of the population (526,346 in 1968, 535,489 in 1999). Only

780-412: The south-east and Floreffe to the south and east. Malonne is a village composed of many neighborhoods and localities, more or less distant from one another and sometimes separated by woods (which cover 27% of the village's surface). The main church, the old abbey, the current tomb of Saint Mutien-Marie and the different schools are found in the old heart of the village, buried in a val dug over time by

810-550: The south-west of the department, close to the Paris conurbation, has seen much population growth. Population development since 1791: The boat tours relates in part to the Canal de Saint-Quentin with its electric towage and two tunnels (Lesdins and Riqueval/Vendhuile). In 2007, a large infrastructure for tourist accommodation, the Center Parcs , was built on the Lake of Ailette , close to many tourist attractions such as

840-485: The war Battle of the Sambre (1918) . Aisne Aisne ( / eɪ n / ayn , US also / ɛ n / en ; French: [ɛːn] ; Picard : Ainne ) is a French department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne . In 2020, it had a population of 529,374. The department borders Nord (to the north), Somme and Oise (to

870-758: The war. Of the castles that survived, some were used as prisons, such as the Castle of Vadancourt, near Saint-Quentin (500 prisoners). It is thought that the Aisne River was the birthplace of the trench warfare seen in the First World War. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) had initial early successes driving the Germans back to the Aisne River; the German troops dug in and managed to hold out against both British and French attacks. This German entrenchment

900-415: The west), Ardennes and Marne (east), and Seine-et-Marne (south-west) and Belgium (Province of Hainaut ) (to the north-east). The river Aisne crosses the area from east to west, where it joins the Oise . The Marne forms part of the southern boundary of the department with the department of Seine-et-Marne. The southern part of the department is the geographical region known as la Brie poilleuse ,

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