Briare (, also known as Briare-le-Canal) is a
commune
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in the
Loiret
Loiret (; ) is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It takes its name from the river Loiret, which is contained wholly within the department. In 2019, Loiret had a population of 680,434. department
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in north-central France, in the historical region of
Puisaye
The Puisaye () is a natural and historical region of France, now divided between the Departments of France, departments of Loiret, Nièvre and Yonne. Its historical and administrative center is the town of Saint-Fargeau. Its inhabitants are know ...
. The composer and organist
Henri Nibelle
Henri Jules Joseph Nibelle (6 November 1883 – 18 November 1967) was a French organist, choral conductor and composer.
Biography
Born in Briare, son and grandson of organists, Henri Nibelle attended the école Niedermeyer as early as 1898, b ...
(1883–1967) was born in Briare.
Briare, the ''Brivodorum'' of the Romans is situated at the extremity of the
Briare Canal
The Briare Canal (french: Canal de Briare, ) is one of the oldest canals in France. Its construction started in 1604. It was the first summit level canal in Europe that was built using pound locks, connecting the Rhone-Saône and Seine valleys. ...
, which unites the river
Loire
The Loire (, also ; ; oc, Léger, ; la, Liger) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône ...
and its
lateral canal
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A lateral canal is a canal built along the same right-of-way as an existing stream. Water for the canal is usually provided by the original natural ...
with the
Loing
The Loing () is a long river in central France, a left tributary of the Seine.
Its source is in Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, in the southwestern of the department of Yonne, and it flows into the Seine in Saint-Mammès, near Moret-sur-Loing.
Its ma ...
and so with the
Seine
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. The
lateral canal of the Loire crosses the Loire near Briare by the
Briare aqueduct
The Briare Aqueduct in central France carries the Canal latéral à la Loire over the river Loire on its journey to the Seine. It replaced a river-level crossing from the canal to meet the Briare Canal that was hazardous in times of flood. Betwee ...
which is 662 m long.
Briare station
Briare station ( French: ''Gare de Briare'') is a railway station in Briare, Centre-Val de Loire, France. The station is located on the Moret-Lyon railway. The station is served by Intercités (long distance) services operated by SNCF between ...
has rail connections to Montargis, Nevers and Paris.
Population
See also
*
Communes of the Loiret department
The following is the list of the 325 communes of the Loiret department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):[Emaux de Briare
Emaux de Briare is a French company specializing today in mosaics. Whilst the manufactory in Briare originally started with earthenware pottery, the factory founded in Paris by Jean-Félix Bapterosses (1813–1885) initially began manufacturing ...]
the mosaic manufacturer which made the town double its size in the late 19th century.
References
External links
Town council website
Communes of Loiret
Orléanais
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