Othain

Othain
Origin	Gondrecourt-Aix 49°14′11″N 05°46′30″E / 49.23639°N 5.775°E / 49.23639; 5.775
Mouth	Chiers 49°31′14″N 05°22′54″E / 49.52056°N 5.38167°E / 49.52056; 5.38167Coordinates: 49°31′14″N 05°22′54″E / 49.52056°N 5.38167°E / 49.52056; 5.38167
Basin countries	France
Length	67 km (42 mi)
Source elevation	252 m (827 ft)
Mouth elevation	180 m (590 ft)
Avg. discharge	2.91 m3/s (103 cu ft/s) at mouth
Basin area	256 km2 (99 sq mi)

The Othain is a 67 km (42 mi) long river in the Meurthe-et-Moselle and Meuse départements, northeastern France. Its source is at Gondrecourt-Aix, in the Woëvre. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Chiers into which it flows between Villécloye and Montmédy.

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth:

• Meurthe-et-Moselle: Gondrecourt-Aix, Affléville
• Meuse: Dommary-Baroncourt, Domremy-la-Canne, Gouraincourt, Spincourt, Vaudoncourt, Muzeray, Nouillonpont, Duzey, Rouvrois-sur-Othain, Pillon, Sorbey, Saint-Laurent-sur-Othain
• Meurthe-et-Moselle: Grand-Failly
• Meuse: Rupt-sur-Othain
• Meurthe-et-Moselle: Petit-Failly
• Meuse: Marville
• Meurthe-et-Moselle: Saint-Jean-lès-Longuyon, Villers-le-Rond
• Meuse: Flassigny, Velosnes
• Meurthe-et-Moselle: Othe
• Meuse: Bazeilles-sur-Othain, Villécloye, Montmédy

Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on 4 May 2009.

References

• http://www.geoportail.fr
• The Othain at the Sandre database