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{{Short description|Canal in southern France}}
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[[File:Beaucaire Marina.jpg|alt=Beaucaire marina|thumb|270x270px|Sunset at Beaucaire marina]]
The '''Canal du Rhône à Sète''' ({{IPA|fr|kanal dy ʁon a sɛt}}; lit. "canal from the Rhône to Sète") is a [[canal]] in southern [[France]], which connects the [[Étang de Thau]] in [[Sète]] to the [[Rhône River]] in [[Beaucaire, Gard|Beaucaire]], [[Gard]].<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Edwards-May |first=David |year=2010 |title=Inland Waterways of France |publisher=Imray |location=St Ives, Cambs., UK |isbn=978-1-846230-14-1 |pages=232–236}}</ref> The canal is made up of two previously constructed canals, the [[Canal des Ètangs|Canal des Étangs]] and [[Canal de Beaucaire]].<ref name="rolt">{{cite book |last=Rolt |first=L. T. C. |authorlink=L. T. C. Rolt |year=1994 |title=From Sea to Sea|publisher=Euromapping |edition=2nd |location=Grenoble, France |isbn=978-2-910185-02-2 |pages=108,114,184}}</ref> It connects with the [[Canal du Midi]] through the [[Étang de Thau]].

There is, however, no access to the Rhône at Beaucaire as the [[Lock (water transport)|lock]] has been closed since the Vallebregues barrage was built. The possibility of re-establishing the link "is being studied, but there is no prospect for the immediate future".<ref>Guide Fluvial - Canal du Midi - Editions Du Breil {{ISBN|9782913120389}}</ref><ref>Guide Fluvial du Rhône - Guide Vagnon </ref> Access to the Rhône is instead via the lock situated to the west of [[Saint-Gilles, Gard|Saint-Gilles]] which links the canal to the [[Rhône River|Petit Rhône]] and from there northeastwards to the junction with the Grand Rhône at [[Fourques, Gard|Fourques]] situated to the north of [[Arles]].

Apart from the lock at Saint-Gilles there is only one other operating lock on the canal between St Gilles and Beaucaire. The canal is almost totally situated at sea level and the western part from the [[Vidourle]] river to the Étang de Thau is a sea-water canal.

In recent years major work has been undertaken to upgrade the canal so it can now be used by 1200t convoys instead of the previous 350t barges. Most notable are a stretch of canal bypassing the town of [[Aigues-Mortes]] with its railway swing bridge and a direct canal link to the port of Sète eliminating the passage of lifting and swing bridges in [[Frontignan]] and Sète.

==En Route==
* [[Point kilométrique|PK]] 0 [[Beaucaire, Gard|Beaucaire]]
* PK 13.5 [[Bellegarde, Gard|Bellegarde]]
* PK 24.5 [[Saint-Gilles, Gard|Saint-Gilles]]
* PK 29 Junction with Canal de Saint-Gilles and Petit-Rhône (canal a dead end from here to Beaucaire)<ref name=":0" />
* PK 51 [[Aigues-Mortes]], junction with Canal maritime to Le Grau-du-Roi<ref name=":0" />
* PK 61.5 [[La Grande-Motte|Grande Motte]]
* PK 70.5 [[Pérols]]
* PK 75.5 [[Palavas-les-Flots]], junction with river Lez, access to Port Ariane for Montpellier and to the Mediterranean Sea<ref name=":0" />
* PK 79 [[Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone]]
* PK 82 [[Vic-la-Gardiole]]
* PK 92-93 [[Frontignan]], junction with high-capacity branch canal to the port of Sète<ref name=":0" />
* PK 98-100 [[Sète]]

==See also==
*[[List of canals in France]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External sources==
*[http://www.french-waterways.com/waterways/south/rhone-sete-etang/ Canal du Rhône à Sète] and Étang de Thau, with maps and details of places, ports and moorings by the author of ''Inland Waterways of France'', Imray
*[http://www.french-waterways.com/waterways/canals-rivers-france/ Navigation details for 80 French rivers and canals] (French waterways website section)
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