Ourcq

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Ourcq
Ourcq a Lizy-sur-Ourcq.jpg
Ourcq river in Lizy-sur-Ourcq
Ourcq.png
Location
Country France
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Hauts-de-France
Mouth  
  location
Marne
  coordinates
49°0′49″N3°0′49″E / 49.01361°N 3.01361°E / 49.01361; 3.01361
Length86.5 km (53.7 mi)
Basin features
Progression MarneSeineEnglish Channel
A map of rivers and canals in and around Paris. Canaux France Nord.png
A map of rivers and canals in and around Paris.

The Ourcq (French: [uʁk] , Urc in 855) is an 86.5-kilometre-long (53.7 mi) river in France, a right tributary of the Marne. [1] Its source is near the village Ronchères, and its course crosses the departments of Aisne, Oise, and Seine-et-Marne. It flows southwest through the towns of Fère-en-Tardenois, La Ferté-Milon, Mareuil-sur-Ourcq, and Crouy-sur-Ourcq, finally flowing into the Marne near Lizy-sur-Ourcq. Napoleon I made use of the river as a water source, and it supplied the city of Paris until Baron Haussmann's rebuilding of Paris.

References

  1. Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - L'Ourcq (F63-0400)".