The Marne ( French pronunciation: [maʁn] ) is a river in France , an eastern tributary of the Seine in the area east and southeast of Paris . It is 514 kilometres (319 mi) long. The river gave its name to the departments of Haute-Marne , Marne , Seine-et-Marne , and Val-de-Marne .
9-546: Vaires-sur-Marne ( French pronunciation: [vɛːʁ syʁ maʁn] ; lit. ' 'Vaires-on- Marne ' ) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region , Northern France. Vaires-sur-Marne is at the western end of the LGV Est high-speed railway, reaching Vendenheim (near Strasbourg ) in the east. Vaires–Torcy station has rail connections to Meaux and Paris. It
18-613: The Canal de Meaux à Chalifert , the Canal de Chelles , and the Canal de Saint-Maurice which ended at Charenton-le-Pont near the Marne's confluence with the Seine . Furthermore, a portion of the Canal de l'Ourcq also runs parallel and quite close to the Marne before swinging away to enter Paris from the north; at one time the two were linked by a "tub-boat" inclined plane near Meaux . During
27-612: The 19th and 20th centuries the Marne inspired many painters, among whom were: Canal lat%C3%A9ral %C3%A0 la Marne The canal latéral à la Marne is a 66 km (41 mi) long canal in the Marne department in north-eastern France . It connects Vitry-le-François to Épernay , and includes 15 locks . It overcomes a height difference of 34 meters and runs parallel to the river Marne . 48°43′49″N 4°36′24″E / 48.7303°N 4.6067°E / 48.7303; 4.6067 This Marne geographical article
36-576: The Canal de Cornillon in Meaux, which was built in 1235, the oldest canal in France. Canalisation was started in 1837 and completed to Épernay in 1867. It included a number of canals to bypass the most extravagant meanders. In World War I , the Marne was the scene of two notable battles. In the First Battle of the Marne (September 1914), the military governor of Paris, General Joseph Gallieni , took
45-782: The Seine at Charenton just upstream from Paris. Its main tributaries are the Rognon , the Blaise , the Saulx , the Ourcq , the Petit Morin and the Grand Morin . Near the town of Saint-Dizier , part of the flow is diverted through the artificial Lake Der-Chantecoq . This ensures both flood prevention and the maintenance of minimum river flows in periods of drought. The Marne is famous as
54-784: The east: the Meuse (via the Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne and the Canal des Ardennes ), the Moselle and the Rhine (via the Marne-Rhine Canal ), and the Saône and Rhône (via the Canal de la Marne à la Saône ). To facilitate transportation along the Marne itself, a number of lateral canals were constructed alongside. The most extensive was the Canal latéral à la Marne , which runs 67 km (42 mi) between Vitry-le-François and Dizy . Downstream of this were several more, including
63-660: The initiative in driving the Germans back from the capital, rendering their war-plan inoperative. In the Second Battle of the Marne (July-August 1918), the last major German offensive on the Western Front was defeated by an Allied counter-attack, leading eventually to the Armistice . During the heyday of canal transportation, the Marne was a major artery connecting Paris and the Seine with major rivers to
72-416: The site of two eponymous battles during World War I . The first battle was a turning point of the war, fought in 1914. The second battle was fought four years later, in 1918. The Celts of Gaul worshipped a goddess known as Dea Matrona ("divine mother goddess") who was associated with the Marne. The Marne was navigable as a free-flowing river until the 19th century. It had one gated 500 m shortcut,
81-579: Was spectacularly blown up in John Frankenheimer 's 1964 film The Train . It is one of the venues of the 2024 Summer Olympics . Inhabitants of Vaires-sur-Marne are called Vairois (masculine) and Vairoises (feminine) in French. Marne (river) The Marne starts in the Langres plateau, runs generally north then bends west between Saint-Dizier and Châlons-en-Champagne , joining
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