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Canal du Rhône à Sète

 
 
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The Canal du Rhône à Sète (lit. "canal from the Rhône to Sète") is a canal in southern France, which connects the Étang de Thau in Sète to the Rhône River in Beaucaire, Gard. The canal is made up of two previously constructed canals, the Canal des Étangs and Canal de Beaucaire. It connects with the Canal du Midi through the Étang de Thau.

There is, however, no access to the Rhône at Beaucaire as the lock has been closed since the Vallebregues barage was built. The possibility of re-establishing the link "is being studied, but there is no prospect for the immediate future". Access to the Rhône is instead via the lock situated to the west of Saint-Gilles which links the canal to the Petit Rhône and from there northeastwards to the junction with the Grand Rhône at Fourques situated to the north of Arles.

Apart from the lock at Saint-Gilles there is only one other operating lock on the canal between St Gilles and Beaucaire. The canal is almost totally situated at sea level and the western part from the Vidourle river to the Étang de Thau is a sea-water canal.

In recent years major work has been undertaken to upgrade the canal so it can now be used by 1200t convoys instead of the previous 350t barges. Most notable are a stretch of canal bypassing the town of Aigues-Mortes with its railway swing bridge and a direct canal link to the port of Sète eliminating the passage of lifting and swing bridges in Frontignan and Sète.

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[Canal du Rhône à Sète] The Canal du Rhône à Sète (lit. "canal from the Rhône to Sète") is a canal in southern France, which connects the Étang de Thau in Sète to the Rhône River [Sète] the Canal du Midi, and the ending point of the Canal du Rhône à Sète. Its train station Gare de Sète is approximately 15 minutes by train from Montpellier [Beaucaire, Gard] Gard and Bouches-du-Rhône. The Canal du Rhône à Sète passes through the commune from Saint-Gilles in the south-west and joins the Rhone in the town. Parallel [Aigues-Mortes] Situated on the junction of the Canal du Rhône à Sète and the Chenal Maritime to Grau du Roy, the town is a transit center for canal craft and Dutch barges. The [List of canals in France] published by Les Editions du Breil, all listed below the table. A comprehensive historic list with 513 entries for French canals is published online by Charles [Rhône] the Canal des Vosges (formerly called the "Canal de l'Est – Branche Sud") to the Moselle and via the Canal du Rhône au Rhin to the Rhine. The Rhône is [Gallician] south of Vauvert, on the Canal du Rhône à Sète, which links the river Rhône with the Canal du Midi at Sète. The village contains a church, three large houses [Le Phénicien (barge)] Camargue between Avignon and Aigues-Mortes, on the Rhône and the Canal du Rhône à Sète. Les péniches-hôtels en France. Béthune, France: VNF. 2015. pp. 12–18 [Étang du Méjean] Mediterranean coast. Étang du Méjean seen from the bridge of Carnon looking to the west. Left, the Canal du Rhône à Sète. Étang du Méjean looking to the northwest [Canal de Beaucaire] The Canal de Beaucaire was a canal in southern France. It is now part of the Canal du Rhône à Sète along with the Canal des Ètangs. The originator was
 
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