Aulnois (river)

Geography

Localities along the Aulnois

Tributaries

• La Goutelle, a right tributary, received at Messincourt.
• Matton, a left tributary received at Carignan.

  Hydrology

Heritage

• Messincourt, with the remains of a castle razed at the beginning of the 16th century having many underground works, a former church with a bell tower from the 18th century and a building in the centre from the 12th and 13th centuries called the "Château", as well as woods and forests.
• Pure, with an old church reconstructed in 1830, forges, and woodland.
• Osnes, a village which once hosted a significant metallurgy industry. It has a 16th-century church restored in the 18th century. The church has a 12th-century altar and an educational display.
• Carignan, the former Gallo-Roman Epoisso Vicus, constructed on the road from Reims to Trèves. Known as "Yvois" up until its annexation to France in the 1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees, it was razed to the ground by Gaspard III de Coligny. It has a Gallo-Roman villa and a Merovingian Necropolis, as well as the remains of the fortified compound from the 16th century, reconstituted in the 17th century with curtain walls, bastions and casemates, and the 17th century Porte de Bourgogne guardhouse. Carignan also has a collegiate church from the 16th and 17th centuries featuring a 16th-century virgin with child and pictures from the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as hosting the "Conservatoire de l'Outil" tool museum, a gymnastic association and a sports club.