Solre is a river in

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that runs in the Département Nord in the region

Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...

. It originates from the confluence of two source streams at

Solre-le-Château Solre-le-Château () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. The river Solre flows through the commune. Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department o ...

, in the Avesnois Regional Nature Park. The river generally drains to the northwest and empties at 22.4 kilometers east of

Maubeuge Maubeuge (; historical nl, Mabuse or nl, Malbode; pcd, Maubeuche) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is situated on both banks of the Sambre (here canalized), east of Valenciennes and about from the Belgian border ...

, in the municipality of

Rousies Rousies () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is located south of Maubeuge, on the river Solre Solre is a river in France that runs in the Département Nord in the region Hauts-de-France. It originates from the conf ...

, as a right tributary to the channeled

Sambre The Sambre (; nl, Samber, ) is a river in northern France and in Wallonia, Belgium. It is a left-bank tributary of the Meuse, which it joins in the Wallonian capital Namur. The source of the Sambre is near Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, in the Aisne ...

Places on the river

Obrechies Obrechies () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. The river Solre Solre is a river in France that runs in the Département Nord in the region Hauts-de-France. It originates from the confluence of two source streams at Solre ...

Ferrière-la-Petite Ferrière-la-Petite () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. The river Solre flows through the commune. Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department ...

Ferrière-la-Grande Ferrière-la-Grande () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. The river Solre flows through the commune. In 1828 Pierre François Dumont applied for a concession to operate iron mines in the canton of Maubeuge, and for authori ...

References

Rivers of France Rivers of Nord (French department) Rivers of Hauts-de-France {{France-river-stub