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    The NantesBrest canal (French: Canal de Nantes à Brest, French pronunciation: [kanal də nɑ̃t a bʁɛst]; Breton: Kanol Naoned-Brest) is a French canal which...
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    is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France. It lies at the confluence of the river Blavet and the Canal de Nantes à Brest...
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    Vilaine (category Rivers of Pays de la Loire)
    the Canal d'Ille et Rance hence the Rance estuary, which enters the English Channel at Saint-Malo. In Redon it crosses the Canal de Nantes à Brest, giving...
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    has been made navigable for small ships, and forms part of the Canal de Nantes à Brest. The rivers Aff, Arz and Ninian are among its tributaries. Sandre...
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  • Canal de Nantes à Brest between locks 146 and 147. Chapelle N-D de Pitié (Mellionnec) Mellionnec - La Pitié Le canal de Nantes à Brest à Mellionnec Ecluse...
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    Blavet (category Canals in France)
    of the links in the Brittany canal system. It connects with the Canal de Nantes à Brest at Pontivy and runs to Hennebont, a distance of 60 km. From the...
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    bays just south of Brest. The river is part of the Canal de Nantes à Brest, the navigation canal that once connected the city of Nantes on the Loire with...
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    Châteaubriant, Ancenis and Clisson. The castle stands on the side of the Nantes-Brest canal. It has 12 towers and covers an area of 4 hectares. The first castle...
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    century with fill from construction of the NantesBrest canal. Nantes is built on the Armorican Massif, a range of weathered mountains which may be considered...
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    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...
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    Monts d'Arrée and Montagne Noire. The town is built on a hill overlooking the Canal de Nantes à Brest, which is the canalized river Aulne. The bridge over...
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  • 530. 1858 - Nantes-Brest canal opens. 1869 - Basilique Saint-Nicolas de Nantes [fr] (church) built. 1875 - Natural History Museum of Nantes opens. 1876...
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    is in a valley towards the center of Finistère on the River Aulne and the Canal de Nantes à Brest, mid-way between Quimper to the south and Brest to the...
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  • Lycée de Brest [fr] (school) founded. 1851 – Chamber of Commerce established. 1858 Nantes-Brest canal begins operating. Société académique de Brest [fr]...
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    the French canals. He described these in a further series of books: his journeys on the Canal de Nantes à Brest are outlined in Through Brittany in "Charmina":...
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  • system constructed in Brittany was the Canal de Nantes à Brest, started in 1811 and completed in 1842. Although the canal could carry high volumes of freight...
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  • Saint-Germain v Nantes Lille v Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain v Metz Lens v Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain v Brest Strasbourg v Paris...
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    Breton: Sant-Gravez) is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in northwestern France. The canal de Nantes à Brest forms part of the commune's...
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    Paolieg; Gallo: Peilla) is a commune in the east of Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. The canal de Nantes à Brest forms all of the commune's...
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    links with the Canal de Nantes à Brest at Pontivy. There are extensive cycle / pedestrian paths along the riverbank. The famous statue Vénus de Quinipily is...
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    northern slope of the Montagnes Noires (french, Black Mountains). The canal de Nantes à Brest, which is the canalized river Aulne, forms the commune's northern...
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    village centre Coatcouraval castle The village hall The big trench (canal de Nantes à Brest) Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department "Répertoire national...
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    a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France. Inhabitants of Crédin are called in French Crédinois. The canal de Nantes à...
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    northern slope of the Montagnes Noires (french, Black Mountains). The canal de Nantes à Brest, which is the canalized river Hyères, forms the commune's northern...
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    Roscoff to Nantes and several major routes under the 'V' label (following signs V1, V2 etc.). The old tow-path of the Nantes-Brest canal is now open...
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    near the Canal de Nantes à Brest and the forest of Gâvre. Bouvron is situated 36 km to the east of Saint-Nazaire and 49 km to the north of Nantes. The tradition...
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    Its namesake is Jean-Paul de Saumeur, better known as Chevalier Paul, a French naval officer born in Marseille in 1598. Nantes is the godmother city of...
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    the New World turned cities such as Nantes, Bordeaux, Cherbourg-Octeville and Le Havre into major ports. There is a total of 29,901 kilometres (18,580 mi)...
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  • around three main routes: the Nantes-Brest canal, the Ille-et-Rance canal and the Vilaine, and along the Blavet, for a total of 675 km of navigable waterways...
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  • Saint-Germain v Monaco Toulouse v Paris Saint-Germain Nantes v Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain v Brest Lyon v Paris Saint-Germain Paris Saint-Germain...
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