Marne (river)

The **Marne** is a river in France. It is a right tributary of the Seine in the area east and southeast of Paris. Four departments are named after it: Haute-Marne, Marne, Seine-et-Marne and Val-de-Marne.

The Marne is famous as the place of two battles during the First World War, the first in 1914 and the second in 1918.

## Geography

The Marne river has a length of , one of the longest in France, and a drainage basin with an area of .

Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is  at Gournay-sur-Marne in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, for a period of 44 years.

**Average monthly discharge (m<sup>3</sup>/s) at Gournay-sur-Marne**

### Course

The source of the Marne river is in the _Plateau de Langres_, in the _commune_ of Balesmes-sur-Marne, at an altitude of about , in the Haute-Marne department. It flows generally to the north then turns to the west between Saint-Dizier and Châlons-en-Champagne.

The Marne river flows through 3 regions, 7 departments and 218 _communes_. It flows through the following _communes_, among others:
- Grand Est region
    - Haute-Marne : Langres, Chaumont, Saint-Dizier
    - Marne : Vitry le François, Châlons-en-Champagne, Épernay
- Hauts-de-France region
    - Aisne : Château-Thierry
- Île-de-France region
    - Seine-et-Marne : Meaux, Lagny-sur-Marne, Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes, Torcy, Noisiel, Vaires-sur-Marne, Chelles
    - Seine-Saint-Denis :  Gournay-sur-Marne, Noisy-le-Grand, Neuilly-sur-Marne, Neuilly-Plaisance
- Grand Paris
    - Val-de-Marne : Nogent-sur-Marne, Créteil, Charenton-le-Pont, Champigny-sur-Marne, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Joinville-le-Pont, Saint-Maurice, Bry-sur-Marne, Le Perreux-sur-Marne, Maisons-Alfort

Finally, it flows into the Seine river between Charenton-le-Pont and Alfortville in the Val-de-Marne department, in the area of Paris.

## Main tributaries

The main tributaries of the Marne river are:

**Left tributaries**:
- Suize - 48.6 km
- Blaise - 85.6 km
- Fion - 21.3 km
- Coole - 30.2 km
- Somme-Soude - 59.9 km
- Surmelin - 41.5 km
- Petit Morin - 86 km
- Grand Morin - 120 km
- Guenelle - 30.1 km

**Right tributaries**:
- Traire - 29 km
- Rognon - 73.3 km
- Moivre - 22.8 km
- Saulx - 127 km
- Ourcq - 87 km
- Thérouanne - 23.3 km
- Beuvronne - 23.9 km

## Painters of the Marne

During the 19th and 20th centuries the Marne inspired many painters: some of them are:

- Camille Corot;
- Paul Cézanne;
- Pierre Emmanuel Damoye;
- Camille Pissarro;
- Henri Rousseau, known as "Le Douanier Rousseau";
- Albert Marquet;
- Raoul Dufy;
- André Dunoyer de Ségonzac;
- Louis Vuillermoz;
- Maurice Boitel;
- Daniel du Janerand.

## Related pages

- List of rivers of France
- First Battle of the Marne

## Infobox (river)

- **name**: Marne
- **image**: La Marne a Dormans DSC 0117.JPG
- **image caption**: The Marne at Dormans, showing aspects of 21st century navigation: grain silos, generating traffic, a hotel barge, and recreational craft
- **map**: Marne (rivière).png
- **source1 location**: Langres Plateau, Haute-Marne
- **mouth**: Seine
- **mouth location**: Charenton-le-Pont
- **subdivision type1**: Country
- **subdivision name1**: France