What is "ourcq"

Ourcq is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 5.

The name refers to the Rue de l'Ourcq, named for the river Ourcq, a tributary of the Marne (river). It rises in Aisne and flows into Île-de-France; it is connected to the Seine by the Canal de l'Ourcq.

The Ourcq (Urc in 855) is an river in France, a tributary of the Marne. Its source is near the village Ronchères, and its course crosses the departments of Aisne, Oise, and Seine-et-Marne. It flows southwest through the towns of Fère-en-Tardenois, La Ferté-Milon, Mareuil-sur-Ourcq, and Crouy-sur-Ourcq, finally flowing into the Marne near Lizy-sur-Ourcq. Napoleon I made use of the river as a water source, and it supplied the city of Paris until Baron Haussmann's rebuilding of Paris.