Canal de Berry

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Canal de Berry is a historic French inland waterway in central France, once used for transporting goods and now largely serving recreational boating and tourism.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Canal de Berry canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf canal ⓘ
inland waterway ⓘ
closedToCommercialTraffic 1955 ⓘ
connects Canal de Briare ⓘ
Canal du Cher ⓘ
Canal latéral à la Loire ⓘ
constructionStart 1808 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
designedBy Louis de Cessart ⓘ
endPoint Tours ⓘ
followsRiver Cher River ⓘ
formerUse agricultural produce transport ⓘ
coal transport ⓘ
freight transport ⓘ
hasActivity cycling along towpaths ⓘ
pleasure boating ⓘ
walking and hiking ⓘ
hasBridgeType aqueduct ⓘ
hasFeature narrow-gauge locks ⓘ
hasOrganization Association pour la Réouverture du Canal de Berry ⓘ
hasSectionAbandoned Bourges branch ⓘ
Montluçon–Saint-Amand-Montrond section ⓘ
hasSectionNavigable Noyers-sur-Cher to Selles-sur-Cher ⓘ
around Vierzon ⓘ
heritageDesignation regional industrial heritage ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1839 ⓘ
length 261 km ⓘ
locatedIn Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes ⓘ
Centre-Val de Loire ⓘ
central France ⓘ
lockLength 27.5 m ⓘ
lockWidth 2.7 m ⓘ
maximumBoatBeam 2.7 m ⓘ
maximumBoatLength 27.5 m ⓘ
namedAfter historic province of Berry ⓘ
numberOfLocks 96 ⓘ
openingYear 1839 ⓘ
passesThrough Bourges ⓘ
Mehun-sur-Yèvre ⓘ
Montluçon ⓘ
Noyers-sur-Cher ⓘ
Saint-Amand-Montrond ⓘ
Vierzon ⓘ
primaryUse recreational boating ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
startPoint Montluçon ⓘ
status partly disused ⓘ
partly navigable ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint-Amand-Montrond → locatedNear → Canal de Berry ⓘ
Cher (department) → containsLandmark → Canal de Berry ⓘ
subject linked to: Cher department