Bar-sur-Seine
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Bar-sur-Seine is a commune
in the Aube
department in north-central France
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Situated on the River Seine
, it is just off the A5 autoroute. The town is famous for its castle, the Château de Bar sur Seine
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forms part of the commune's southern border, then flows into the Seine, which flows north through the middle of the commune.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Aube
Aube
Aube is a department in the northeastern part of France named after the Aube River. In 1995, its population was 293,100 inhabitants.- History :Aube is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...
department in north-central France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Situated on the River Seine
Seine
The Seine is a -long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Saint-Seine near Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre . It is navigable by ocean-going vessels...
, it is just off the A5 autoroute. The town is famous for its castle, the Château de Bar sur Seine
Château de Bar sur Seine
The remains of the Château de Bar-sur-Seine are the ruins of a medieval French fortified castle, destroyed in the 16th century. The site is in the town of Bar-sur-Seine in the Aube département....
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Geography
The OurceOurce
The Ource is a long river in northeastern France, right tributary of the river Seine. Its source is in the Haute-Marne département, 2 km south of Poinson-lès-Grancey. It flows generally northwest...
forms part of the commune's southern border, then flows into the Seine, which flows north through the middle of the commune.