Chiers
The Chiers is a river in Luxembourg, Belgium and France. It is a right tributary of the Meuse. The total length of the Chiers is approximately 140 kilometres, of which 127 km in France.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Luxembourg, France and Belgian border, mouth in Meuse river
- Also known as: “Chiers River”, “Kor”, “Korn”, “Kuer”, “la Chère”, “La Chiers”, and “La Chiers Rivière”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Château de Remilly-Aillicourt and Église Saint-Rémi de Remilly-Aillicourt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sedan.
Sedan
Sedan is a sub-prefecture and the second most populous city in the Champagne-Ardenne region in France: It is home to about 17,000 people. Sedan is known for its castle, which is claimed to be the largest fortified medieval castle in Europe.
Chiers
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Ardennes, Grand Est, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.65853° or 49° 39′ 31″ north
Longitude
4.99472° or 4° 59′ 41″ east
Elevation
154 metres (505 feet)
Open location code
8FX6MX5V+CV
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Satellite Map
Discover Chiers from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Walloon—“Chiers” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Chiers”
- Basque: “Chiers ibaia”
- Bulgarian: “Чиерс”
- Catalan: “Kuer”
- Cebuano: “Chiers”
- Chinese: “希耶尔河”
- Chinese: “希耶河”
- Chinese: “谢尔河”
- Chuvash: “Шьер”
- Czech: “Chiers”
- Dutch: “Chiers”
- French: “Chiers”
- German: “Chiers”
- German: “Korn”
- German: “Kuer”
- Hungarian: “Chiers”
- Irish: “Chiers”
- Italian: “Chiers”
- Japanese: “シエール川”
- Korean: “시에 강”
- Korean: “시에강”
- Ladin: “Chiers”
- Latin: “Chiersa”
- Latvian: “Šjēra”
- Lithuanian: “Šieras”
- Lithuanian: “Šjeras”
- Luxembourgish: “Kuer”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chiers”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chiers”
- Norwegian: “Chiers”
- Polish: “Chiers”
- Portuguese: “Rio Chiers”
- Romanian: “Chiers”
- Russian: “Шьер”
- Serbian: “Шјер”
- Slovak: “Chiers”
- Slovenian: “Chiers”
- Spanish: “Chiers”
- Spanish: “rio Chiers”
- Spanish: “río Chiers”
- Spanish: “Río Chiers”
- Ukrainian: “Ш’єр”
- Ukrainian: “Шєр”
- Venetian: “Fiume Chiers”
- Walloon: “Tchiere”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Remilly-Aillicourt and Bazeilles.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sedan - Douzy Airfield and Monument aux morts de 1870.
Grand Est: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Strasbourg, Metz, Reims, and Nancy.
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