Embranchement de Belfort
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The Embranchement de Belfort is a canal in eastern France. It connects Botans
to the Canal du Rhône au Rhin. It is 9.7 km long with five locks. Originally designed as Canal de Montbéliard à la Haute-Saône to Belfort
for a length of 14.9 km. It was to form a link with the Saône
at Conflandey
.
Botans
Botans is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France.-References:*...
to the Canal du Rhône au Rhin. It is 9.7 km long with five locks. Originally designed as Canal de Montbéliard à la Haute-Saône to Belfort
Belfort
Belfort is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France and is the prefecture of the department. It is located on the Savoureuse, on the strategically important natural route between the Rhine and the Rhône – the Belfort Gap or Burgundian Gate .-...
for a length of 14.9 km. It was to form a link with the Saône
Saône
The Saône is a river of eastern France. It is a right tributary of the River Rhône. Rising at Vioménil in the Vosges department, it joins the Rhône in Lyon....
at Conflandey
Conflandey
Conflandey is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France.-References:*...
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