The Bar () is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

in the

Ardennes The Ardennes (french: Ardenne ; nl, Ardennen ; german: Ardennen; wa, Årdene ; lb, Ardennen ), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Be ...

department, northern

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, left tributary of the river

Meuse The Meuse ( , , , ; wa, Moûze ) or Maas ( , ; li, Maos or ) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a t ...

. It is long. Its source is near Buzancy, in the southern part of the Ardennes department. It flows through

Brieulles-sur-Bar Brieulles-sur-Bar (, literally ''Brieulles on Bar'') is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ardennes department *List of medieval bridges in France The list of medieval bridges ...

, Tannay,

Chémery-sur-Bar Chémery-sur-Bar (, literally ''Chémery on Bar'') is a former commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Chémery-Chéhéry.Cheveuges Cheveuges () is a commune in the Ardennes department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ardennes department The following is a list of the 449 communes of the Ardennes department of France ...

. It flows into the Meuse in

Vrigne-Meuse Vrigne-Meuse () is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Ardennes department The following is a list of the 449 communes of the Ardennes department of France. The communes coo ...

, west of Sedan. For much of its length the river flows parallel to the Canal des Ardennes.

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