Sensée

The Sensée at Rémy

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The Sensée is a river in the northern French region of Nord- Pas -de -Calais. It crosses the departments of Pas -de- Calais and Nord.

Geography

It rises in the municipality of Saint- Léger, where it drains northwest. In Lécluse it reaches a wetland with a variety of pools and lakes. South of Arleux it crosses the mouth piece of the Canal du Nord and reached after a few kilometers to the Canal de la Sensée, which they are not only the name but also provides him with water. Due to the numerous lakes surrounding it does not follow the channel was straightened for navigation, but always jumps to the right and left of it off. She finally ends after 47 kilometers at Bouchain as a left tributary of the Scheldt channeled.

Shipping

The river is not navigable. In its valley but the shipping channel Canal de la Sensée was built, which today is part of the large shipping lane Dunkirk -Scheldt and can be navigated by vessels and pushed convoys with a load capacity up to 3000 tons. This waterway is towards the East continued on the canalised Scheldt. In Arleux also opens the navigable Canal du Nord from the south in the Canal de la Sensée.

Places on the river

In the Pas -de- Calais:

• Saint -Léger
• Croisilles
• Fontaine- les- Croisilles
• Chérisy
• Vis-en- Artois
• Rémy
• Étaing

In Nord:

• Lécluse
• Hamel
• Arleux
• Aubigny -au -Bac
• Fechin
• Paillencourt
• Wavrechain -sous- Faulx
• Bouchain

• Scheldt river system
• River in Europe
• River in Nord-Pas -de- Calais