Ourcq Canal
The Canal de l'Ourcq is a 108.1 km long canal in the Île-de-France region with 10 locks. It was built at a width of 3.20 m but was enlarged to 3.7 m, which permitted use by more pleasure boats.Photo: Pline, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Canal
- Description: canal
- Also known as: “Canal de l’Ourcq”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ruins of Bastille and Opéra Bastille.
Ruins of Bastille
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Bastille was a medieval fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France.
Opéra Bastille
Theater building
The Opéra Bastille is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand's Grands Travaux, it became the main facility of the Paris National Opera, France's principal opera company…
Bassin de l’Arsenal
Marina
Photo: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Bassin de l'Arsenal is a boat basin in Paris. It links the Canal Saint-Martin, which begins at the Place de la Bastille, to the Seine, at the Quai de la Rapée.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Le Village Saint-Paul and Faubourg Saint-Antoine.
Le Village Saint-Paul
Neighborhood
Photo: VVVCFFrance, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Le Village Saint-Paul is a neighborhood.
Faubourg Saint-Antoine
Suburb
Photo: Jean-François Gornet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Faubourg Saint-Antoine was one of the traditional suburbs of Paris, France. It grew up to the east of the Bastille around the abbey of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs, and ran along the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine.
4th arrondissement
Photo: Björn Söderqvist, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The 4th is a good chunk of what used to be medieval Paris, and you'll find a lot left from that time on both islands and in the narrow streets of the lower Marais.
Ourcq Canal
- Category: body of water
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Ourcq Canal” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قناة أورك”
- Catalan: “Canal de l’Ourcq”
- Cebuano: “Canal de l’Ourcq”
- Chinese: “乌尔克河运河”
- Chinese: “烏爾克河運河”
- Czech: “Canal de l’Ourcq”
- Czech: “Kanál Ourcq”
- Danish: “Canal de l’Ourcq”
- Dutch: “Canal de l’ourcq”
- Dutch: “Canal de l’Ourcq”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قناة اورك”
- Esperanto: “Kanalo de Ourcq”
- Estonian: “Canal de l’Ourcq”
- Finnish: “Canal de l’Ourcq”
- French: “canal de l’Ourcq”
- French: “Canal de l’ourcq”
- French: “Canal de l’Ourcq”
- French: “Canal De L’Ourcq”
- German: “Canal de l’Ourcq”
- Hebrew: “תעלת האורק”
- Indonesian: “Canal de l’Ourcq”
- Indonesian: “Terusan de l’Ourcq”
- Italian: “Canale dell’Ourcq”
- Japanese: “ウルク運河”
- Korean: “루르크 운하”
- Korean: “우르크 운하”
- Luxembourgish: “Canal de l’Ourcq”
- Malay: “Canal de l’Ourcq”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Canal de l’Ourcq”
- Norwegian: “Canal de l’Ourcq”
- Russian: “Канал Урк”
- Russian: “Урк (канал)”
- Russian: “Урк”
- Russian: “Уркский канал”
- Slovenian: “Canal de l’Ourcq”
- Spanish: “Canal de l’Ourcq”
- Tajik: “Урк (канал)”
- Tajik: “Урк”
- Turkish: “Ourcq Kanalı”
- Ukrainian: “Урк”
- Ukrainian: “Уркський канал”
- Urdu: “نہر اورک”
- Western Panjabi: “نہر اورک”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Quinze-Vingts and Bastille.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Couvent des Celestines and Le Marceau Bastille.
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