Canal du Loing
| Canal du Loing | |
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 Route sketch of the Bourbonnais route |
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| Water code | FR : F4-3692 |
| location | France , Center-Val de Loire and Ile-de-France regions |
| length | 48 km |
| Built | 1720-1723 |
| class | I ( Freycinet class ) |
| Beginning | Crossing from the Canal de Briare north of Montargis |
| The End | It flows into the canalized Loing at Moret-sur-Loing , 2 km further on it reaches the Seine |
| Descent structures | 36 |
| Ports | Nemours , Moret-sur-Loing |
| Junctions, crossings | Canal d'Orléans |
| Used river | Loing |
| Kilometrage | Direction to the Seine |
| Downhill | Direction to the Seine |
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The Canal du Loing is a shipping canal in the French regions of Center-Val de Loire and Île-de-France . Together with the Canal de Briare , Canal latéral à la Loire and Canal du Center, it forms a chain of canals ( Route Bourbonnais ), which enables barges and pleasure craft to cross from the Seine to the Saône and on to the Mediterranean .
Course and technical infrastructure
It begins just north of Montargis , near Buges , where it connects to the Canal de Briare. The Canal d'Orléans , which is currently closed to shipping , also flows into this intersection . The Canal du Loing generally runs in a northerly direction and, after a length of 48 kilometers, flows into the Loing River at Moret-sur- Loing , which is canalized from here and reaches the Seine two kilometers further at Saint-Mammès . The type of the canal is a side canal that follows the course of the Loing River. It has 19 locks that overcome a height difference of 38 meters. The locks are designed for ships of the standard size Freycinet .
Coordinates
- Starting point of the canal: 48 ° 1 ′ 39 ″ N , 2 ° 43 ′ 20 ″ E
- End point of the canal: 48 ° 22 ′ 38 ″ N , 2 ° 49 ′ 9 ″ E
Crossed departments
in the Center-Val de Loire region:
in the Île-de-France region:
Places on the canal
history
Construction began in 1720 and the official opening took place in 1723. In the beginning it was of great economic importance for the supply of Paris, today it is mainly used by tourists with pleasure boats and houseboats .
Web links
literature
- Voies Navigables, Canaux du Center , 1998, Editions Grafocarte publishing house ISBN 2-7416-0058-9
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The information on the length of the canal is based on the information on the Canal du Loing from SANDRE (French), accessed on November 12, 2011, rounded to the nearest kilometer.