Selle

The Selle

The Selle à Croissy-sur-Celle
Origin Catheux
Mouth Somme River
Basin countries France
Length 39 km
Avg. discharge 4.5 m³/s
Basin area 610 km²

For the composer, see Thomas Selle

The Selle (or Celle in the Oise) is a river of Picardie, France. Rising at Catheux, just north of Crèvecœur-le-Grand, Oise, it flows past Conty, Saleux, Salouël and Pont-de-Metz before joining the Somme River at Amiens.

In many places along its course, the river widens to form or fill lakes, much appreciated by anglers and gravel extractors. Several water-powered mills can still be seen including a paper-mill at Prouzel.

Brown trout thrive in the clear waters of the river.

In 57 BC, the Selle was the site of the battle between Julius Caesar and the Nervians.[1]

References

  1. ^ Pierre Turquin ("La Bataille de la Selle (du Sabis) en l' An 57 avant J.-C." in Les Études Classiques 23/2 (1955), 113-156) has proved beyond reasonable doubt that the battle was fought near modern Saulzoir.

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