Noye
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The Noye is a river in the Picardie
Picardie
Picardy is one of the 27 regions of France. It is located in the northern part of France.-History:The historical province of Picardy stretched from north of Noyon to Calais, via the whole of the Somme department and the north of the Aisne department...

 region
Régions of France
France is divided into 27 administrative regions , 22 of which are in Metropolitan France, and five of which are overseas. Corsica is a territorial collectivity , but is considered a region in mainstream usage, and is even shown as such on the INSEE website...

 of northern 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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The Noye is located in the northern part of the Picard
Picardie
Picardy is one of the 27 regions of France. It is located in the northern part of France.-History:The historical province of Picardy stretched from north of Noyon to Calais, via the whole of the Somme department and the north of the Aisne department...

 plateau. It is the left tributary of the Avre
Avre (Somme)
The Avre is a river in Picardie and is the principal tributary, from the left side, of the Somme. At 66 kilometres long, it drains a relatively important basin of 1,150 km² but only flows at best 5,1 m³/s near its confluence at Longueau....

 river, which is itself a left tributary of the Somme River
Somme River
The Somme is a river in Picardy, northern France. The name Somme comes from a Celtic word meaning tranquility. The department Somme was named after this river....

. The Noye starts near 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...

 of Vendeuil-Caply
Vendeuil-Caply
Vendeuil-Caply is a small village in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune within the département of Oise....

 and extends to a length of 33 kilometres (20.5 mi). It flows through the departments of Oise
Oise
Oise is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise.-History:Oise is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...

 and Somme
Somme
Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Picardy region of France....

 at Breteuil
Breteuil, Oise
Breteuil or Breteuil-sur-Noye is a town in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune within the département of Oise.It is located in the Noye valley. Its inhabitants are calles Brituliens.-References:*...

 and Ailly-sur-Noye
Ailly-sur-Noye
Ailly-sur-Noye is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune lies about south of Amiens and about from the border with the Oise départment, situated at the junction of the departmental roads D7 and the D26, in the valley of the river...

, reentering the Avre at Boves
Boves, Somme
Boves is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Boves is situated on the D935 and D116 road junction, on the banks of the river Avre, some southeast of Amiens.-Population:-History:...

, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) southeast of Amiens
Amiens
Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Picardy...

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