Solre is a river in

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that runs in the Département Nord in the region

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. 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 647 communes of the Nord depart ...

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

Maubeuge Maubeuge (; historical or ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department in northern France. It is situated on both banks of the Sambre (here canalized), east of Valenciennes and ab ...

, in the municipality of Rousies, as a right tributary to the channeled

Sambre The Sambre () 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 department. ...

Places on the river

* Obrechies * Ferrière-la-Petite * Ferrière-la-Grande * Rousies

References

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