Aubette is a small river of Seine-Maritime

Seine-Maritime

Seine-Maritime is a French department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine, and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre...

 département, its length is only 4.5 km. It begins near Saint-Aubin-Épinay

Saint-Aubin-Épinay

Saint-Aubin-Épinay is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A farming village situated just southeast of the centre of Rouen near the junction of the D7, D42 and the D91 roads. The small river Aubette has its source within the...

, and flows along the town Darnétal

Darnétal

-Population:-Places of interest:* The churches of St.Ouen and of St.Pierre, both dating from the sixteenth century.* Traces of a feudal castle.* A restored watermill.-External links:* * *...

. It is joined by the river Robec

Robec

The Robec is a small river in Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France, right tributary of the Seine. Its length is 9 km. The river begins near Fontaine-sous-Préaux, then it flows through Darnétal and ends in the Seine in Rouen...

 before it flows into the 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...

 near Rouen

Rouen

Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...

. In the 19th century, the Aubette had a hundred mills, textiles, paper mills, etc. Although the river Robec is longer than the Aubette (14 km) it was considered to be a tributary of Aubette.