The Vence is a 32.6 km (20.3 mi) long river in the Ardennes department, northeastern France. Its source is at Launois-sur-Vence. It flows generally northeast. It is a left tributary of the Meuse into which it flows in Charleville-Mézières. The motorway A34 and the railway from Charleville-Mézières to Reims run through part of the valley of the Vence.