 the sambre is a river in northern france and in wallonia, belgium, left tributary of the meuse river. the ancient romans called the river sabis. ==course== the source of the sambre is near le nouvion-en-thiÃ©rache, in the aisne department. it passes through the franco-belgian coal basin, formerly an important industrial district. its belgian portion was at the western end of the sillon industriel, which was wallonia's industrial backbone. it is canalized along much of its length and flows into the meuse river at namur, belgium. the sambre is connected with the oise river by the sambre-oise canal. the sambre flows through the following departments of france, provinces of belgium and towns: *aisne (f): barzy-en-thiÃ©rache *nord (f): landrecies, aulnoye-aymeries, hautmont, maubeuge *hainaut (b): thuin, montigny-le-tilleul, charleroi *namur: floreffe, namur file:aulnerv1bjpg.jpg|the sambre at aulne file:flawinne riv1a jpg.jpg|the sambre at flawinne (namur) file:ham-sur-sambre vi1a jpg.jpg|the sambre at ham-sur-sambre file:moustier-sur-sambre u1a jpg.jpg|the sambre at moustier-sur-sambre ==main tributaries==  ==events== *the mother of renÃ© magritte, a famous surrealist painter, killed herself by drowning in this river. ==battles== the nineteenth-century theory that the sambre was the location of julius caesar's battle against a belgic confederation (57 bc), has been discarded long time ago,pierre turquin ("la bataille de la selle (du sabis) en l' an 57 avant j.-c." in les Ãtudes classiques 23/2 (1955), 113-156) has proved beyond reasonable doubt that the battle was fought at the [[ri
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