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Sambre
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| Origin | Picardie |
| Mouth | Meuse |
| Basin countries | Belgium, France |
| Length | 193 km |
| Source elevation | 199 m |
| Basin area | 2,740 km² |
The Sambre is a river in northern France and southern Belgium, left tributary of the Meuse River.
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. 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-Thiérache
- Nord (F): Landrecies, Aulnoye-Aymeries, Hautmont, Maubeuge
- Hainaut (B): Thuin, Montigny-le-Tilleul,Charleroi
- Namur: Floreffe, Namur
- The mother of Rene Magritte, a famous surrealism painter killed herself by drowning in this river.
In 57 BC, Julius Caesar defeated a belgic confederation led by the bellovaci tribe at 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 the war (Battle of the Sambre (1918)).
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