1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Briare (French pronunciation:[bʁijaʁ]ⓘ, also known as Briare-le-Canal) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France, in the historical region of Puisaye. The composer and organist Henri Nibelle (1883–1967) was born in Briare.
Briare, the Brivodorum of the Romans is situated at the extremity of the Briare Canal, which unites the river Loire and its lateral canal with the Loing and so with the Seine. The lateral canal of the Loire crosses the Loire near Briare by the Briare aqueduct which is 662 m long.[3] Briare station has rail connections to Montargis, Nevers and Paris.
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^One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Briare". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 516.
Briare (French pronunciation: [bʁijaʁ] , also known as Briare-le-Canal) is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France, in the historical...
The Briare Canal (French: Canal de Briare, pronounced [kanal də bʁijaʁ]) is one of the oldest canals in France. Its construction started in 1604. It was...
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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....
navigable river up to Briare came to nothing. The opening of the Canal latéral à la Loire in 1838 enabled navigation between Digoin and Briare to continue, but...
of Jean-Louis Chodron de Courcel (1907–1985), sales director of Emaux de Briare Inc., and Marguerite de Brondeau d'Urtières (1910–2000). She was the oldest...
meeting of the Anglo-French Supreme War Council at the Chateau du Muguet at Briare. The British were represented by Churchill, Anthony Eden, General John Dill...
allowed to advertise their cooperation with Citroën. The metals workshop in Briare that Marcel Gourdet had brought to Ferdinand Migault's company burned down...
water and were created in Ancient Rome. The 662-metre (2,172 ft) long steel Briare aqueduct carrying the Canal latéral à la Loire over the River Loire was...
connect valleys over a higher body of land, like Canal du Midi, Canal de Briare and the Panama Canal. A canal can be constructed by dredging a channel in...
Guillaume Boutheroue was a French engineer who completed the Briare Canal, originated by Hugues Cosnier. In 1623, he was the Poor Rate and Tax Collector...
Aveyron, the Puiseaux, the Solin, the Lunain and the Orvanne. The part of the Briare Canal between Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses and Montargis runs parallel to the...
the oldest canals of Europe still in operation (the prototype being the Briare Canal). The challenges in these works are closely related to the challenges...
ahead of John Briare by only 6 percentage points. Neal went on to spend nearly $500,000 in the last two weeks of the campaign to defeat Briare. The 1994 general...
of the Loing. 1999: Opening of the Dordives - Briare section of 68 km (42 mi) 2000: Opening of the Briare - Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire section of 33 km (21 mi)...
city of Saint-Étienne where the Loire would carry the wine to the Canal de Briare and then to Paris. During periods of peace between France and Great Britain...
section of the Canal de Briare that connects the Loire to the remainder of the Canal de Briare in Briare. It joins the Canal de Briare at the same point as...
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