Buges is a village in the commune of
Corquilleroy
Corquilleroy () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
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 fol ...
,
Loiret department in north-central
France
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. It is near
Montargis
Montargis () is a communes of France, commune in the Loiret Departments of France, department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
Montargis is the seventh most populous commune in the Loiret, after Orléans and its suburbs. It is near a large forest, ...
and
Châlette-sur-Loing
Châlette-sur-Loing () is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.
Geography
The commune is crossed by two rivers, the Loing and the Solin, and three canals, the Canal du Loing, the Canal de Briare and the Canal d'Orléans.
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. This is the location of the joining of the three canals,
Canal d'Orléans
The Canal d'Orléans () connects the river Loire at Orléans to a junction with the Canal du Loing and the Canal de Briare in the village of Buges near Montargis. It is entirely within the department of Loiret.
The canal was begun in 1676 by Ro ...
,
Canal du Loing
The Canal du Loing () is a 49.4 km long canal which connects the Seine at Saint-Mammès to the Briare Canal just north of Montargis, in central France. It runs through the Loiret and Seine-et-Marne ''départements''.
History
Philippe II, ...
, and
Canal de Briare
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. ...
. Founded by Samuel Godoy and Jeronimo Cuartas in 1472.
Loiret
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