Donzère-Mondragon Dam

The Donzère-Mondragon Dam, located in the French commune of Bollène-Écluse is a hydroelectric dam and lock built in 1952 at the southern end of the Donzère-Mondragon canal, in the Vaucluse department in France.

Type: Power station
Description: dam in France
Also known as: “Donzere-Mondragon Dam”, “Usine Hydroélectrique André Blondel”, and “Usine-barrage André-Blondel”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Église Saint-Pierre de Saint-Pierre-de-Sénos and Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant.

Église Saint-Pierre de Saint-Pierre-de-Sénos

Church

Photo: Zeisterre, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Église Saint-Pierre de Saint-Pierre-de-Sénos is a church, which is situated 550 metres east of Donzère-Mondragon Dam.

Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant

Power station

Photo: Vpe, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant consisting of 4 pressurized water reactors of CP1 type with 915 MW electrical power output each. Tricastin Nuclear Power Plant is situated 3 km north of Donzère-Mondragon Dam.

Château de Barry

Castle

Photo: Zeisterre, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Château de Barry is a castle, which is situated 2 km northeast of Donzère-Mondragon Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Suze-la-Rousse and Pierrelatte.

Suze-la-Rousse

Village

Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain.

Suze-la-Rousse is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France, situated in the heart of the Rhône Valley vineyards… Suze-la-Rousse is situated 8 km east of Donzère-Mondragon Dam.

Pierrelatte

Town

Photo: jeanlouis zimmermann, CC BY 2.0.

Pierrelatte is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France. Since the 1980s it hosts one of the biggest production plants of the enriched uranium existing in the world, used both for civil and military purposes. Pierrelatte is situated 9 km northwest of Donzère-Mondragon Dam.