Canal latéral à l'Aisne
| Canal latéral à l'Aisne | |
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 The canal system in the French region of Champagne-Ardenne |
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| Water code | FR : H1-3102 |
| location | France , Grand Est and Hauts-de-France regions |
| length | 53 km |
| Built | 1841 |
| class | I ( Freycinet class ) |
| Beginning | Crossing from the Canal des Ardennes at Vieux-lès-Asfeld |
| The End | It flows into the canalised Aisne near Condé-sur-Aisne |
| Descent structures | 8th |
| Junctions, crossings | Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne , Canal de l'Oise à l'Aisne |
| Used river | Aisne |
| Kilometrage | in the direction of flow of the Aisne |
| Downhill | in the direction of flow of the Aisne |
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The Canal latéral à l'Aisne (German: Aisne-Seitenkanal ) is a French shipping canal that runs in the Grand Est and Hauts-de-France regions.
geography
The canal is part of an inland waterway that connects Belgium and the Ardennes area with the greater Paris area. This route consists of the following waterways:
- Meuse (German: Maas ) - as a canalized river
- Canal de la Meuse
- Canal des Ardennes
- Canal latéral à l'Aisne
- Aisne - as a canalized river
- Oise - as a canalized river
Course and technical infrastructure
The Canal latéral à l'Aisne begins at Vieux-lès-Asfeld , where it meets its transition from the Canal des Ardennes (German: Ardennes Canal ). It is a canal of the side canal type and accompanies the Aisne River for 53 kilometers . It overcomes a height difference of 18 meters with the help of 8 locks and flows into the Aisne river at Condé-sur- Aisne, which can be navigated directly by ships from there to its confluence with the Oise near Compiègne . In Berry-au-Bac it meets the Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne (German: Aisne-Marne Canal ), which opens up further connections to the south of France. The Canal de l'Oise à l'Aisne (German: Oise-Aisne Canal ) branches off at Bourg-et-Comin and opens up north-west France and the Belgian coast.
Coordinates
- Starting point of the canal: 49 ° 27 '28 " N , 4 ° 5' 53" E
- End point of canal: 49 ° 24 ′ 4 ″ N , 3 ° 29 ′ 3 ″ E
Crossed departments
At Berry-au-Bac it also touches the Marne department over a length of about one kilometer .
Places on the canal
Economical meaning
Freight shipping has gradually lost its importance. Nevertheless, the waterway is still used more frequently by cargo ships today. Pleasure boats and houseboats are less common than other waterways.
Web links
literature
- David Edwards-May, Inland Waters of France , 5th edition, Verlag Edition Maritim, Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-922117-61-9
- Navicarte Guide de navigation fluvial - n ° 24 , July 2005, Edition Grafocarte, ISBN 2-7416-0149-6
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The information on the length of the canal is based on the information on the Canal latéral à l'Aisne at SANDRE (French), accessed on December 8, 2011, rounded to full kilometers.