Tancarville Canal

The Canal de Tancarville is a 25 km waterway in France connecting the English Channel at Le Havre to the Seine at Tancarville. The canal was completed and opened in 1887.

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Type: Canal
Description: canal in France
Also known as: “Canal de Tancarville”, “Canal du Havre à Tancarville”, and “Le Havre à Tancarville”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tancarville Bridge and Château de Tancarville.

Tancarville Bridge

Bridge

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The Tancarville Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the Seine River and connects Tancarville and Marais-Vernier, near Le Havre. The bridge was completed in 1959 at a cost of 9 billion francs.

Château de Tancarville is an 11th-century castle on a cliff overlooking the Seine in France. It is located near Tancarville in Seine-Maritime, Normandy. It has been classified as a Monument historique since 1862 by the French Ministry of Culture.

Église Saint-Michel de Tancarville

Church

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Église Saint-Michel de Tancarville is a church, which is situated 2½ km northwest of Tancarville Canal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon and Saint-Antoine-la-Forêt.

Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon

Village

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Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine. Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon is situated 8 km east of Tancarville Canal.