Canal de la Robine

Canal de la Robine
	The Canal de la Robine in Narbonne
Water code	FR : Y --- 2002
location	France , Occitania region
length	33 km
Built	in ancient times
Expanded	1686
class	I ( Freycinet class )
Beginning	Branch from the Aude river at Moussoulens
The End	It flows into the Mediterranean at Port-la-Nouvelle
Descent structures	6th
Ports	Narbonne , Port-la-Nouvelle
Outstanding structures	Pont des Marchands
Kilometrage	Direction to the sea
	The canal at the connection to the river Aude. The canal has its first lock (Moussoulens lock) behind the wall protecting against the Aude flood with a lockable gate.

The channel between lagoon lakes shortly before the connection to the Mediterranean at Port-la-Nouvelle

Lock and weir at Narbonne

The Canal de la Robine is a shipping canal located in France , in the Aude department in the Occitania region .

Course and technical infrastructure

It is a sea channel that runs from Moussoulens ( Moussan municipality ), on the Aude , to Port-la-Nouvelle , where it flows into the Mediterranean after 33 kilometers . The difference in height between the Aude valley and the mouth of the sea is only around nine meters, but six locks were built to overcome it . Between Narbonne and the estuary, the canal runs through a flat lagoon landscape ( Étang de Bages et de Sigean , Étang de l'Ayrolles ). The canal is supplied with water by the Aude River.

To the north, after about 650 meters of navigation on the Aude, the canal is continued in the Canal de Jonction , which connects to the Canal du Midi, which is only five kilometers away .

Coordinates

Starting point of the canal: 43 ° 14 '42 " N , 2 ° 57' 39" E Coordinates: 43 ° 14 '42 " N , 2 ° 57' 39" E43.245 2.9608333333333
End point of the canal: 43 ° 1 ′ 30 ″ N , 3 ° 2 ′ 31 ″ E43.025 3.0419444444444

Places on the canal

Moussoulens , Moussan parish

Narbonne

Port-la-Nouvelle

history

Already in Roman times , the governor Agrippa had a canal dug through the ancient Rubrensis to connect the city of Narbonne with the Mediterranean. Thanks to this large canal - 30 m wide and 3 m deep - Narbonne became a rich coastal city. In the 14th century, however, the river Aude, which was responsible for the water supply of the canal, suddenly changed its course and no longer flowed through Narbonne. As a result, the city became impoverished and lost more and more of its importance. Finally, the city extended its dry canal to Moussoulens, where a water connection to the Aude could be re-established.

In 1787, the Canal de Jonction was built to establish a navigable connection with the Canal du Midi , which was built around 100 years earlier .

Economical meaning

The cargo shipping has gradually lost importance. Today the canal is mainly used by pleasure boats and houseboats .

Attractions

Pont des Marchands in Narbonne, a bridge of houses of Roman origin

Web links

Commons : Canal de la Robine - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Information on the channel in the Babel project (French)

literature

Voies Navigables, Canaux du Midi , 1998, Editions Grafocarte Verlag ISBN 2-7416-0054-6

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b The information on the canal length is based on the information on the Canal de la Robine from SANDRE (French), accessed on November 10, 2011, rounded to the nearest kilometer.