Canal du Midi

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Canal Name	Canal du Midi
Image Caption	Canal du Midi crossing the River Orb in Béziers
Canal Length	240 km (149.1 mi)
Begin Coord
End Coord	Les Onglous lighthouse
Original Owner	Pierre-Paul Riquet
Engineer	Pierre-Paul Riquet
Other Engineer	Marshal Sebastien Vauban, Louis Nicolas de Clerville, François Andréossy
Date App	1666
Date Cons	1667
Date Comp	5/15/1681
Max Boat Length	30 m (98.4 ft)
Max Boat Beam	5.5 m (18 ft)
Start Point	Toulouse
End Point	Étang de Thau
Branch Of	Canal des Deux Mers
Connects To	Garonne Lateral Canal, La Nouvelle branch, Canal de Brienne, Hérault River,and Étang de Thau
Orig Num Locks	86
Current Num Locks	65
Min Elev	5.5 m (18 ft)
Max Elev	190 m (623.4 ft)
Nav	VNF
Xfield3	Summit:
Xvalue3	Seuil de Naurouze

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The ( , meaning canal of the two seas) is a 240 km (149.1 mi) long canal in Southern France ( ). The canal connects the Garonne River to the on the Mediterranean and along with the Canal de Garonne forms the Canal des Deux Mers joining the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. The canal runs from the city of Toulouse down to the Mediterranean port of -which was founded to serve as the eastern terminus of the canal.

It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in1996.

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World Heritage Sites in France

Île-de-France		\|Île-de-France \|
Parisian basin		Amiens Cathedral * Belfries of Belgium and Franceup\|2 * Bourges Cathedral * Cathedral of Chartres * Cathedral of Notre-Dame, former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims * Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay * Fortifications of Vaubanup\|1 * Le Havre * Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnesup\|1 * Mont Saint-Michel and its Bayup\|1 * Routes of Santiago de Compostelaup\|1 * Vézelay Church and Hill
Nord-Pas-de-Calais		Belfries of Belgium and Franceup\|2 * Fortifications of Vaubanup\|1
East		Fortifications of Vaubanup\|1 * Great Saltworks of Salins-les-Bains and Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans * Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance, Nancy * Strasbourg - Grande Île
West		Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe * Fortifications of Vaubanup\|1 * Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnesup\|1 * Mont Saint-Michel and its Bayup\|1 * Routes of Santiago de Compostelaup\|1
South West		Bordeaux * Canal du Midiup\|1 * Fortifications of Vaubanup\|1 * Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley * Pyrénées - Mont Perduup\|3 * Routes of Santiago de Compostelaup\|1 * Saint-Émilion
Centre East		Lyon * Routes of Santiago de Compostelaup\|1
Mediterranean		Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments * Canal du Midiup\|1 * Carcassonne * Fortifications of Vaubanup\|1 * Gulf of Porto (Calanches de Piana * Gulf of Girolata * Scandola Reserve) * Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge, Avignon * Pont du Gard * Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and Triumphal Arch of Orange * Routes of Santiago de Compostelaup\|1
Overseas departments and territories		Lagoons of New Caledonia

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