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Canal du Rhône à Sète (Main Line)

 
 
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The Canal du Rhône à Sète (Main Line) is a commercial waterway and is part of the Canal du Rhône à Sète. It runs for 67.92 kilometres from Rhône à Sète - St-Gilles Jonction (where it joins the Canal de St-Gilles and the Canal du Rhône à Sète - Embranchement Beaucaire) to Thau - Rhône à Sète Jonction (where it joins the Étang de Thau and the Canal de Sète).

The maximum dimensions for a boat to be able to travel on the waterway are 190 metres long and 12 metres wide. The maximum headroom is 4.90 metres. The maximum draught is 3 metres.

It has junctions with the River Lez (River Lez (South of Canal du Rhône à Sète)) and the River Lez (River Lez (North of Canal du Rhône à Sète)) at Rhone a Sete - Lez Jonction; with the Canal du Rhône à Sète (Est Embranchement vers Aigues-Mortes) at Est Embranchement vers Aigues-Mortes and with the Canal du Rhône à Sète (Ouest embranchement vers Aigues-Mortes) at Ouest Embranchement vers Aigues-Mortes.

The waterway passes through Frontignan

Rhône à Sète - St-Gilles Jonction
Junction of Canal du Rhône à Sète and Canal de St-Gilles
Kilometre Post - La Rhone 29Km 0.42 kilometres 0 locks
Pont de Chemin d'Espeyran 0.76 kilometres 0 locks
Kilometre Post - La Rhone 32Km 3.42 kilometres 0 locks
Kilometre Post - La Rhone 33Km 4.42 kilometres 0 locks
Kilometre Post - La Rhone 34Km 5.43 kilometres 0 locks
Pont de D197 6.19 kilometres 0 locks
Kilometre Post - La Rhone 35Km 6.42 kilometres 0 locks
Kilometre Post - La Rhone 36Km 7.42 kilometres 0 locks
Kilometre Post - La Rhone 37Km 8.42 kilometres 0 locks
Kilometre Post - La Rhone 38Km 9.43 kilometres 0 locks
Pont de D779 10.37 kilometres 0 locks
Kilometre Post - La Rhone 39Km 10.43 kilometres 0 locks
Gallician 10.50 kilometres 0 locks
Kilometre Post - La Rhone 40Km 11.43 kilometres 0 locks
Pont des Tourradons 14.24 kilometres 0 locks
Est Embranchement vers Aigues-Mortes
East branch of the Canal du Rhône à Sète to Aigues-Mortes
18.99 kilometres 0 locks
Pont de D46 19.69 kilometres 0 locks
Pont de D979 20.85 kilometres 0 locks
Ouest Embranchement vers Aigues-Mortes
West branch of the Canal du Rhône à Sète to Aigues-Mortes
22.73 kilometres 0 locks
Pont de D61 28.51 kilometres 0 locks
Pont de D62 39.53 kilometres 0 locks
Carnon 39.85 kilometres 0 locks
Pont de D21 40.38 kilometres 0 locks
Rhone a Sete - Lez Jonction
Junction of the Canal du Rhône à Sète with the River Lez
44.90 kilometres 0 locks
Pont de D986 44.97 kilometres 0 locks
Pont de D114 56.37 kilometres 0 locks
Pont de D612 (Frontignan) 61.61 kilometres 0 locks
Pont Ferroviaire Frontignan à Sète 62 kilometres 0 locks
Pont de D129 62.04 kilometres 0 locks
Frontignan 62.16 kilometres 0 locks
Depot Frontignan 63.24 kilometres 0 locks
Pont de D600 66.01 kilometres 0 locks
Pont Ferroviaire Balaruc-le-Vieux - Sète 67.23 kilometres 0 locks
Pont de D2 (Frontignan) 67.25 kilometres 0 locks
Thau - Rhône à Sète Jonction
Junction of the Étang de Thau with the Canal du Rhône à Sète
67.92 kilometres 0 locks
 
 
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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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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 [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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