Donzère-Mondragon Dam

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

Church
Photo: Zeisterre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 550 metres east of Donzère-Mondragon Dam.

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

Photo: Zeisterre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 2 km northeast of Donzère-Mondragon Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Suze-la-Rousse and Pierrelatte.

Village
Photo: Véronique PAGNIER, Public domain.
is a commune in the department in southeastern , situated in the heart of the Rhône Valley vineyards… is situated 8 km east of Donzère-Mondragon Dam.

Town
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is a commune in the department in southeastern . 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. is situated 9 km northwest of Donzère-Mondragon Dam.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in southeastern . is situated 9 km southeast of Donzère-Mondragon Dam.

Donzère-Mondragon Dam

Latitude
44.30378° or 44° 18′ 14″ north
Longitude
4.74188° or 4° 44′ 31″ east
Inception
20th century
Operator
Compagnie Nationale du Rhône
Open location code
8FP68P3R+GP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 400686179
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q2885111
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Satellite Map

Discover Donzère-Mondragon Dam from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Donzère-Mondragon Dam” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “栋泽尔-蒙德拉贡水坝”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سد دونزير موندراجون”
  • French: “barrage de Bollène”
  • French: “barrage de Donzère-Mondragon”
  • French: “Barrage de Donzère-Mondragon”
  • German: “Wasserkraftwerk André-Blondel”
  • Italian: “diga di Donzère-Mondragon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “André Blondel vannkraftverk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Donzère-Mondragon vannkraftverk”
  • Norwegian: “Donzère-Mondragon vannkraftverk”
  • Persian: “سد دونزر-ماندراگون”
  • Ukrainian: “ГЕС Боллен”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Basic-Fit and École maternelle Alexandre Blanc.

Nearby Places

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