Canal du Centre

The Canal du Centre is a canal in , , which, with other canals, links the waterways of the and rivers. It has a total length of 20.9 km.
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  • Type: Navigation canal
  • Description: canal in Belgium
  • Also known as: “Canal du Centre (Belgium)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Strépy-Thieu boat lift and Thieu railway station.

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The lies on a branch of the Canal du Centre in the municipality of , Hainaut, . With a height difference of 73.15 metres between the upstream and downstream reaches, it was the tallest boat lift in the world upon its completion in 2002, and remained so until the in China was completed in January 2016.

Railway stop
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is a railway stop.

Railway station
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thieu and Ville-sur-Haine.

Village
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is a of and a district of the municipality of , located in the , . In 1984, the Living Museum of the Canal du Centre in was awarded the Council of Europe Museum Prize.

Village
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is a village of and a district of the municipality of , located in the , .

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km west of Canal du Centre.

Canal du Centre

Latitude
50.47187° or 50° 28′ 19″ north
Longitude
4.08812° or 4° 5′ 17″ east
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
Open location code
9F26F3CQ+P6
Geo­Names ID
2800596
Wiki­data ID
Q1032687
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Canal du Centre” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Canal del Centre”
  • Cebuano: “Canal du Centre (kanal nga nabigasyon)”
  • Cebuano: “Canal du Centre”
  • Chinese: “中部运河 (比利时)”
  • Chinese: “中部运河”
  • Chinese: “中部運河 (比利時)”
  • Croatian: “Canal du Centre”
  • Croatian: “Središnji valonski kanal”
  • Croatian: “Ustave na Središnjem valonskom kanalu”
  • Czech: “Canal du Centre (Belgie)”
  • Czech: “Canal du Centre”
  • Dutch: “Canal du Centre”
  • Dutch: “Centrumkanaal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مركز كانال دو (قناه فى بلجيكا)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مركز كانال دو”
  • French: “canal du Centre (Belgique)”
  • French: “canal du Centre”
  • French: “Canal du Centre”
  • German: “Canal du Centre (Belgien)”
  • German: “Canal du Centre”
  • Italian: “Canal du Centre (Belgio)”
  • Italian: “Canal du Centre”
  • Japanese: “カナル・デュ・セントル”
  • Japanese: “サントル運河”
  • Luxembourgish: “Canal du Centre”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Canal du Centre”
  • Norwegian: “Canal du Centre”
  • Polish: “Kanał Centralny”
  • Portuguese: “Canal do Centro (Bélgica)”
  • Portuguese: “Canal do Centro”
  • Romanian: “Canal du Centre (Belgia)”
  • Romanian: “Canal du Centre”
  • Russian: “Канал дю Центр”
  • Russian: “Центральный канал (Бельгия)”
  • Russian: “Центральный канал”
  • Serbian: “Средишњи валонски канал”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Središnji valonski kanal”
  • Slovak: “Canal du Centre (Belgicko)”
  • Slovak: “Canal du Centre”
  • Spanish: “Canal del Centro (Bélgica)”
  • Spanish: “Canal del Centro”
  • Spanish: “Canal du Centre”
  • Swedish: “Canal du centre (Belgien)”
  • Swedish: “Canal du centre”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральний канал (Бельгія)”
  • Ukrainian: “Центральний канал”
  • Welsh: “Canal du Centre”

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