Marèges Dam

The Marèges Dam is a concrete arch dam on the Dordogne River. It is located 4 km southeast of Liginiac in Corrèze department, France. It was constructed between 1932 and 1935 by the Railway Company du Midi.

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Type: Dam
Description: dam on the Upper Dordogne River near Liginiac in France
Also known as: “Barrage de Mareges”, “Barrage de Marèges”, and “Mareges Dam”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Église Saint-Barthélemy de Liginiac and Église Saint-Pardoux-de-Guéret de Roche-le-Peyroux.

Église Saint-Barthélemy de Liginiac

Church

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Église Saint-Barthélemy de Liginiac is a church, which is situated 4 km northwest of Marèges Dam.

Église Saint-Pardoux-de-Guéret de Roche-le-Peyroux

Church

Photo: Kärjens Slædebjørg, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Église Saint-Pardoux-de-Guéret de Roche-le-Peyroux is a church, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Marèges Dam.

Église Sainte-Radegonde de Sérandon

Church

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Église Sainte-Radegonde de Sérandon is a church, which is situated 4 km southwest of Marèges Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Pierre and Liginiac.

Saint-Pierre

Village

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Saint-Pierre is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.

Liginiac

Village

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Liginiac is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. Liginiac is situated 3½ km northwest of Marèges Dam.

Roche-le-Peyroux

Village

Photo: Kärjens Slædebjørg, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Roche-le-Peyroux is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France. Roche-le-Peyroux is situated 3½ km north of Marèges Dam.

Marèges Dam

Category: hydroelectric power station
Location: Liginiac, Arrondissement of Ussel, Corrèze department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude

45.39135° or 45° 23′ 29″ north

Longitude

2.36468° or 2° 21′ 53″ east

Elevation

371 metres (1,217 feet)

Inception

1935

Height

82 metres (269 feet)

Operator

Société hydroélectrique du Midi

Open location code

8FQ499R7+GV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 200201486

OpenStreetMap feature

waterway=dam

GeoNames ID

2995868

Wikidata ID

Q1583460

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Marèges Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Barrage de Marèges”
Dutch: “Maregesdam”
Dutch: “Marègesdam”
Egyptian Arabic: “سد مارج”
French: “barrage de Marèges”
French: “Barrage de Marèges”
French: “centrale hydroélectrique de Saint-Pierre-Marèges”
French: “usine hydroélectrique de Saint-Pierre-Marèges”
German: “Marèges-Talsperre”
Italian: “diga di Marèges”
Japanese: “マレージュダム”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Marèges vannkraftverk”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Marèges-demningen”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Val Beneyte vannkraftverk”
Norwegian: “Marèges-demningen”
Persian: “سد مارژ”
Russian: “Плотина Мареж”
Ukrainian: “ГЕС Мареж-Сен-П’єр”

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