Étang de Grand Rue

Étang de Grand Rue is in Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire. Étang de Grand Rue is situated nearby to the locality La Grande Rue, as well as near Les Verreries.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Château du Muguet and Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Blaise de Breteau.

Château du Muguet

Castle

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Château du Muguet is a castle.

Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Blaise de Breteau

Church

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Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Blaise de Breteau is a church.

Étang de la Gazonne, is a 29-hectare lake that provides water for the workings of the Canal de Briare. Hugues Cosnier, designer of the canal, planned a 3.25-mile-long waterway from the River Trezée to the Gazonne. The Gazonne acted as a reservoir.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses and Ouzouer-sur-Trézée.

Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses

Village

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Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses is a commune in the Yonne department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in north-central France. The name of the commune comes from its impressive seven locks on Briare Canal.

Ouzouer-sur-Trézée

Village

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Ouzouer-sur-Trézée is a commune of the Loiret department in north-central France. The Briare Canal and the river Trézée run through the town. A well-known mayor of the town was Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld, a fighter and spy for the French Resistance.