Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne

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The Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne, previously named Canal de la Marne à la Saône, is a canal in north-eastern France connecting the towns of Vitry-le-François and Maxilly-sur-Saône. It is a summit level canal of Freycinet dimensions connecting the Marne and the Saône. It is 224.191 kilometres long, and has 114 locks and two tunnels, Condes which is 275 metres long and the tunnel on the summit level between Balesmes-sur-Marne and Noidant-Chatenoy, 4820 metres long. which runs almost exactly underneath the source of the Marne. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 48°43'47"N, 4°36'24"E

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Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Collegiale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, Nécropole nationale de Vitry-le-François, Calvaire, Canal latéral à la Marne.

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Church
Collegiale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption, Vitry-le-François
25 min walk • The collegiate church of Notre-Dame de Vitry-le-François is an old collegiate church located on the Place d'Armes, in Vitry-le-François, in the department of Marne. It was built in the seventeenth century, in the city founded in 1545 by Francis I...
1.4 miSW
Cemetery
Nécropole nationale de Vitry-le-François, Vitry-le-François
36 min walk • The national necropolis of Vitry-le-François, is a military cemetery of the First World War located on the territory of the commune of Vitry-le-François, in the southeast of the department of the Marne.
1.5 miNE
48°44'48"N • 4°37'34"E
Calvaire
38 min walk • Wayside shrine
~220 ftN
Canal
Canal latéral à la Marne
2 min walk • The canal latéral à la Marne is a 66 km long canal in the Marne department in north-eastern France. It connects Vitry-le-François to Épernay, and includes 15 locks. It overcomes a height difference of 34 meters and runs parallel to the river Marne.
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48°43'28"N • 4°35'8"E
Ancienne Synagogue, Vitry-le-François
27 min walk • Church
0.8 miSW
48°43'30"N • 4°35'25"E
Façade de la Chapelle du Collège des garçons, Vitry-le-François
21 min walk • Ruins
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48°43'31"N • 4°35'9"E
Royer Collard, Vitry-le-François
26 min walk • Memorial
1.1 miSW
Memorial
Statue du Colonel Henry Moll, Vitry-le-François
29 min walk • Alexandre Marie Frédéric Henry Moll, known as Henri Moll, born on March 17, 1871 in Saulx de Vesoul and fallen on November 9, 1910 in Chad during the battle of Doroté, was a French officer and explorer.
0.9 miSW
48°43'29"N • 4°35'22"E
Ancien couvent des Récollets, Vitry-le-François
22 min walk • Memorial
1 miSW
48°43'26"N • 4°35'9"E
Ancien Hôpital, Vitry-le-François
27 min walk • Memorial