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Halte Quai Sully

Name: Halte Quai Sully
Address: Rogny-les-sept-écluses, FR
Telephone: +33 3 86 74 56 34

2.6Rogny-les-sept-écluses, France

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Maximum draught: 4 ft

River halt on the Canal de Briare at Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses, in the Loiret, with 1.5 m maximum draught.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Access via the Canal de Briare, which links the Loire at Briare to the Loing at Buges. The halt lies on the through canal, downstream of the disused seven-lock staircase. The side cutting into the village carries only 1.2 m and offers nothing over a berth on the through-canal quay. Standard VNF lock hours apply. Keep to the canal axis, speed limited to 6 km/h.

Practical

Quay mooring alongside, free for a short stop with an overnight fee reported around 11 euros. No fuel on site. Toilets ashore, including a disabled cubicle, but bring paper and soap. Village shops a few minutes walk from the quay: bakery, grocery and a couple of restaurants, plus a reasonably priced cafe and bar by the lock. Water point managed by the commune.

Ashore

The old seven-lock staircase of Rogny, built between 1605 and 1642, stands 200 m from the quay and is classed a Monument Historique since 1983. Footpath along the disused flight, signposted Escaliers de Rogny. Canal towpath cycling route Loire à Vélo connector passes the village.

History

Rogny owes its name to the seven-lock flight commissioned by Henri IV and Sully to cross the watershed between Loire and Seine. The staircase was opened in 1642 and worked until 1887, when six parallel locks replaced it. The original stone chambers still stand as the village's main landmark.