Aubette

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There are five rivers in France that have the name Aubette. It is the diminutive form of Aube. It corresponds to the word alb. It derives from the Latin words, albus, white or alveus (wikt:cavity, wikt:river).

• Aubette, a small river of Seine-Maritime département, its length is only 4.5 km. It begins near Saint-Aubin-Épinay, and flows along the town Darnétal. It is joined by the river Robec before it flows into the Seine near Rouen. In the 19th century, the Aubette had a hundred mills, textiles, paper mills, etc. Although the river Robec is longer than the Aubette (14 km) it was considered to be a tributary of Aubette.
• Aubette de Meulan begins near Guiry-en-Vexin in Val-d'Oise, it flows through Vigny and empties into the Seine in Meulan in Yvelines département. One commune is named after this river: Tessancourt-sur-Aubette (Yvelines).
• Aubette de Magny, a tributary of the river Epte in Val-d'Oise. Its source is near Magny-en-Vexin. It flows into the Epte at Bray-et-Lû.
• Aubette, a river of Côte-d'Or and Haute-Marne, which empties into the Aube near Dancevoir.
• Aubette is also the name of a historical building in Strasbourg, France. Between 1926 and 1928 it was redecorated by Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Jean Arp and De Stijl artist Theo van Doesburg.