Seine River

The Seine River, the second longest river in France at 482 miles (776 km), is so much part of Paris that it is the best known of all the French rivers. It rises modestly just about 30 km northwest of Dijon in the C?te d'Or, then flows northwest to the attractive town of Troyes in Champagne, known for its medieval streets and outlet shopping malls. The mighty river then flows past the forest of Fontainebleau through Melun, Corbeil then through Paris. This is the heart of the Seine, the river that divides the city between the right and the left bank, forming the greatest element of the capital?s life and cityscape.


From here it makes its way through Mantes and Rouen where it was such a part of the 19th Century Impressionist movement, painted endlessly at all seasons and in all lights. The Seine empties into the English Channel between picture book pretty Honfleur and the industrial port of Le Havre.