The Canal de la Meuse is the current name of what used to be the northern branch of the Canal de l'Est ("canal of the east"). It is a canal in northeastern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
, predominantly made up of the canalised river
Meuse
The Meuse ( , , , ; wa, Moûze ) or Maas ( , ; li, Maos or ) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a t ...
. The Canal de l'Est was built from 1874 to 1887 to provide a waterway inside the new border with Prussia after the
Franco-Prussian War, Overall, the canal had a total length of . In 2003, the northern and southern branches were officially renamed Canal de la Meuse and Canal des Vosges respectively.
Canal de l'Est in ''Dictionnaire des rivières et canaux de France''
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Canal de la Meuse (formerly Canal de l'Est, northern branch)
The Canal de la Meuse starts at Givet
Givet () (german: Gibet Walloon: ''Djivet'') is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France surrounded on three sides by the Belgian border.
It lies on the river Meuse where Emperor Charles V built the fortress of Charlemont. It ...
in the Ardennes département. It follows the Meuse upstream, passing through Mouzon, Fumay
Fumay () is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France, very close to the Belgian border. The engineer Charles-Hippolyte de Paravey was born in Fumay.
Geography
It is situated in the Meuse valley, the main part of the town being ...
, Revin
Revin () is a commune in the Ardennes department in the Grand Est region in northern France.
Revin is situated on the banks of the Meuse. The Revin Pumped Storage Power Plant is near Revin.
Population
Personalities
Yazid Mansouri, the Algeri ...
, Nouzonville, Charleville-Mézières
or ''Carolomacérienne''
, image flag=Flag of Charleville Mezieres.svg
Charleville-Mézières () is a commune of northern France, capital of the Ardennes department, Grand Est.
Charleville-Mézières is located on the banks of the river Meuse. ...
, Sedan, Stenay
Stenay () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Its inhabitants are called ''Stenaisiens''.
History
In 679, the assassinated king Dagobert II was buried in the church of Saint-Remi in Stenay. In 872, King ...
, Verdun
Verdun (, , , ; official name before 1970 ''Verdun-sur-Meuse'') is a large city in the Meuse department in Grand Est, northeastern France. It is an arrondissement of the department.
Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital ...
, Saint-Mihiel
Saint-Mihiel () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Geography
Saint-Mihiel lies on the banks of the river Meuse.
History
A Benedictine abbey was established here in 708 or 709 by Count Wulfoalde and his wif ...
and Commercy
Commercy () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. The 18th-century Lorraine historian Nicolas Luton Durival (1713–1795) was born in Commercy.
History
Commercy dates back to the 9th century, and at that time ...
, and joins the Canal de la Marne au Rhin
Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow und ...
at Troussey. This canal is long. For most of its length, the canal is the canalised river Meuse.
Canal des Vosges (formerly southern branch)
Originally, the southern branch of the Canal de l'Est started at Toul
Toul () is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.
It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
Geography
Toul is between Commercy and Nancy, and the river Moselle and Canal de la Marne au Rhin.
Climate
Toul h ...
, where it branched off the Canal de la Marne au Rhin. Since the Moselle has been made navigable for high-capacity barges up to Neuves-Maisons
Neuves-Maisons (, literally ''New Houses'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle Departments of France, department in north-eastern France, on the banks of the Moselle.
The city had a great steel industry during the 19th and ...
, the part of the Canal de l'Est between Toul and Neuves-Maisons is considered part of the Moselle. The canal follows the Moselle upstream through Charmes and Thaon-les-Vosges
Thaon-les-Vosges (; before 2022: ''Capavenir Vosges'') is a commune in the Vosges department of northeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Thaon-les-Vosges, Girmont and Oncourt. until Golbey
Golbey () is a Communes of France, commune in the Vosges (department), Vosges Departments of France, department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It lies on the left bank of the Moselle, directly north of Épinal.
Population
See also
*Commun ...
, north of Épinal
Épinal (; german: Spinal) is a commune in northeastern France and the prefecture of the Vosges department.
Geography
The commune has a land area of . It is situated on the river Moselle, south of Nancy. Épinal station has rail connection ...
, where it leaves the Moselle valley. It passes through Les Forges and enters the valley of the Côney
The Côney () is a long river in the Vosges and Haute-Saône ''départements'', northeastern France. Its source is near ''Lion Faing'', a lieu-dit in Dounoux. It flows generally southwest. It is a left tributary of the Saône into which it flows ...
near Uzemain
Uzemain () is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Geography
The Côney forms part of the commune's eastern border, flows westward through the southern part of the commune, crosses the village, and forms part o ...
. It follows the Côney downstream until its confluence with the Saône
The Saône ( , ; frp, Sona; lat, Arar) is a river in eastern France. It is a right tributary of the Rhône, rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department and joining the Rhône in Lyon, at the southern end of the Presqu'île.
The name deri ...
at Corre
Corre () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Geography
The Côney flows southward through the middle of the commune, crosses the village, then flows into the Saône, which form ...
in the Haute-Saône
Haute-Saône (; Arpitan: ''Hiôta-Sona''; English: Upper Saône) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of northeastern France. Named after the river Saône, it had a population of 235,313 in 2019.[List of canals in France
This is a list of the navigable canals and rivers in France. For reference purposes, all waterways are listed, including many that have been abandoned for navigation, mostly in the period 1925-1955, but some in later years. Although several source ...]
References
External links
Canal de la Meuse
navigation guide; places, ports and moorings on the canal, by the author of ''Inland Waterways of France'', Imray
Canal des Vosges
navigation guide; places, ports and moorings on the canal, by the author of ''Inland Waterways of France'', Imray
Navigation details for 80 French rivers and canals
(French waterways website section)
*, hydrological and Meuse catchment area data
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Canals opened in 1887