Lac de Saint-Pardoux

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Lac de Saint-Pardoux
Aerial view of the Lac de Saint-Pardoux (2008)
Aerial view of the Lac de Saint-Pardoux (2008)
Location: Massif Central , Arrondissement Bellac , Haute-Vienne ( France )
Tributaries: Couze , Ritord
Drain: Couze
Major cities nearby: Limoges
Lac de Saint-Pardoux (Haute-Vienne)
Lac de Saint-Pardoux
Coordinates 46 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  N , 1 ° 17 ′ 20 ″  E Coordinates: 46 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  N , 1 ° 17 ′ 20 ″  E
Data on the structure
Construction time: 1977
Data on the reservoir
Altitude (at congestion destination ) 360  m
Water surface 3.3 km²
Storage space 1.65 million m³
Particularities:

created for tourism

The Lac de Saint-Pardoux is a reservoir created for tourism in the Haute-Vienne department in France . The lake, 25 km north of Limoges , is the second largest lake in Haute-Vienne with a water surface of 3.30 km² after Lac de Vassivière . It was created in 1977 by building a dam on the Couze , a tributary of the Gartempe . Of the 330 hectares of water area, 192 hectares are reserved for quiet water sports such as sailing , pedal boating , swimming and canoeing , 88 hectares for sports with motorboats and 50 hectares for fishing . There is a water sports base and several campsites by the lake.

Web links

Commons : Lac de Saint-Pardoux  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Lac Saint Pardoux. Retrieved on April 25, 2015 (French, official website of the tourism project).

Individual evidence

  1. Lac Saint Pardoux - L'hinstorique de la station. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 14, 2015 ; Retrieved April 25, 2015 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lacsaintpardoux.fr
  2. Lac Saint Pardoux - L'hinstorique de la station. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 15, 2015 ; Retrieved April 25, 2015 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lacsaintpardoux.fr
View of the dam from Lac de St-Pardoux on the valley side