Palignes

Name: Palignes
Address: Palinges, FR

Palinges, FranceBurgundy and the Saône

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Type: Harbour

Canal halt on the Canal du Centre at Palinges, Saône-et-Loire, in southern Burgundy.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Access from the Canal du Centre between locks 10 and 11 on the Digoin slope. No tide and no current. Through navigation is controlled by VNF at the locks of Génelard and Paray-le-Monial.

Practical

Small pontoon for a handful of hire barges and private boats. Water and electricity run off a contactless terminal, water at 2 euros for 20 minutes and electricity at 3 euros for 4 hours. A public toilet stands by the museum. Near the church, within 400 m, are a bakery, a tobacconist and a grocery, with a market on Friday mornings.

Ashore

Château de Digoine, an 18th century listed monument, lies 3 km east of the halt with formal gardens open to visitors. The Voie Verte cycle track on the former Paray to Montchanin railway passes within 200 m and reaches Génelard in 3 km.