Ponts-Jumeaux
The Ponts Jumeaux is the point at which the Canal du Midi joins the Canal de Garonne and the River Garonne, via the Canal de Brienne. It was built in 1774 by Joseph-Marie de Saget, a civil engineer in the province of Languedoc in Toulouse.Places of Interest
Highlights include TBS Education and Béarnais Lock.
TBS Education
College
TBS Education, formerly Toulouse Business School and Groupe ESC Toulouse, is a triple crown accreditation business school founded in 1903 in Toulouse by the Toulouse Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Béarnais Lock
Lock
Photo: Alno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
There are 91 working locks on the Canal du Midi along its 240-kilometre course from the Bassin du Thau on the Mediterranean coast to the junction with the Canal lateral a la Garonne in Toulouse.
Brienne Canal
River
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Canal de Brienne, also known as Canal de Saint-Pierre, is a French canal connecting the Garonne River with the Canal du Midi and the Canal de Garonne.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Toulouse Amidonniers and Toulouse Sept Deniers.
Ponts-Jumeaux
- Type: Quarter
- Also known as: “Les Ponts-Jumeaux”
- Category: locality
- Location: Toulouse, Arrondissement of Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.61285° or 43° 36′ 46″ northLongitude
1.4205° or 1° 25′ 14″ eastOpen location code
8FM3JC7C+46OpenStreetMap ID
node 12525842216OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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In Other Languages
“Ponts-Jumeaux” goes by many names.
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ponts Bessons”
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