river
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in northeastern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
, a
right tributary
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Haute-Marne
Haute-Marne (; English: Upper Marne) is a department in the Grand Est region of Northeastern France. Named after the river Marne, its prefecture is Chaumont. In 2019, it had a population of 172,512.department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
, 2 km south of Poinson-lès-Grancey. It flows generally northwest. It joins the Seine at
Bar-sur-Seine
Bar-sur-Seine (, literally ''Bar on Seine'') is a commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Barrois'' or ''Barroises'' and ''Barséquanais'' or ''Barséquanais ...
.
Its course crosses the following departments and
commune
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Haute-Marne
Haute-Marne (; English: Upper Marne) is a department in the Grand Est region of Northeastern France. Named after the river Marne, its prefecture is Chaumont. In 2019, it had a population of 172,512.Poinson-lès-Grancey
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Côte-d'Or
Côte-d'Or (; literally, "Golden Slope") is a département in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of Northeastern France. In 2019, it had a population of 534,124.Recey-sur-Ource,
Brion-sur-Ource
Brion-sur-Ource (, literally ''Brion on Ource'') is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.
Geography
The Ource forms part of the commune's western border, then flows north-northeast through the northern part of the commune, ...
,
Autricourt
Autricourt () is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Astricurtois'' or ''Astricurtoises''.
Geography
Autricourt is located some 55 ...
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Grancey-sur-Ource
Grancey-sur-Ource (, literally ''Grancey on Ource'') is a commune in the Côte-d'Or department in eastern France.
Geography
The village lies on the left bank of the Ource, which flows northwest through the northeastern part of the commune.
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Aube
Aube () is a French department in the Grand Est region of north-eastern France. As with sixty departments in France, this department is named after a river: the Aube. With 310,242 inhabitants (2019),Essoyes
Essoyes () is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.
Impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir had a house in the town. The village, hometown of his wife Aline and model and governess of his children Gabrielle Renard, is ...
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Celles-sur-Ource
Celles-sur-Ource (, literally ''Celles on Ource'') is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.
Geography
The village lies in the northwestern part of the commune, on the left bank of the Ource, which flows northwest through t ...
,
Bar-sur-Seine
Bar-sur-Seine (, literally ''Bar on Seine'') is a commune in the Aube department in the Grand Est region of north-central France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Barrois'' or ''Barroises'' and ''Barséquanais'' or ''Barséquanais ...