Port of Châtillon-sur-Loire
FRCXS🇫🇷France
Port Location
About Port of Châtillon-sur-Loire
Also known as: Canal Lateral a la Loire, Canal Latéral à la Loire
Châtillon-sur-Loire is a port situated on the Loire Lateral Canal in central France. This canal connects the Canal de Briare to the Canal du Centre, facilitating inland waterway transport.
Background
The Canal latéral à la Loire was constructed between 1827 and 1838 to connect the Canal de Briare at Briare and the Canal du Centre at Digoin, a distance of 196 kilometres (122 mi). It replaced the use of the river Loire, which was unreliable during winter floods and summer droughts. Aqueducts were used to cross the Allier at Le Guétin and the Loire at Digoin. However, because of the extreme length required, an aqueduct was not built to cross the Loire at Briare until 1896, when the Briare aqueduct was constructed.Current Conditions
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Vessel Limits
- Elevation
- 115m
Region
- Subdivision
- FR-45
- Latitude
- 47.5833°
- Longitude
- 2.7500°
Nearby Vessels
Identification
- UN/LOCODE
- FRCXS
- Country
- 🇫🇷France
- Time Zone
- UTC+1
- Feature Type
- CNL (Canal)
Classification
- Type
- Port
References & Identifiers
- GeoNames ID
- 2997871 →
- Wikidata
- Q1032697 →
- Wikipedia
- Read on Wikipedia →
- Official Site
- portdebriare.fr →
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