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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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
Photo: Jon Lanthanberg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Photo: Pline, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint-Pierre is a commune in the Cantal department in south-central France.
Liginiac
Village
Photo: Jon Lanthanberg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
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Latitude
45.39135° or 45° 23′ 29″ northLongitude
2.36468° or 2° 21′ 53″ eastElevation
371 metres (1,217 feet)Inception
1935Height
82 metres (269 feet)Operator
Société hydroélectrique du MidiOpen location code
8FQ499R7+GVOpenStreetMap ID
way 200201486OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damGeoNames ID
2995868Wikidata 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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