Port

Plagne

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Maximum length: 39 ft
Maximum draught: 6 ft

River port on the Dordogne at Saint-André-de-Cubzac in Gironde, about 1.5 nautical miles north of Cubzac-les-Ponts.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Tidal reach of the Dordogne, strong currents on ebb and flood. Pontoon with a visitor berth, maximum draught 2 metres. Approach by day advised.

Practical

Pontoon with water and electricity, reached through a coded gate; the code is available from the club CNC Plagne through cncplagne.info. Toilets on site and a slipway usable from about 2 m of water, with a large manoeuvring and parking area. Parking on the quay limited to 48 hours. Shops and SNCF station in Saint-André-de-Cubzac, about 2 km inland.

Ashore

The restaurant Côté Fleuve stands next to the nautical club, with a picnic table on the quay.

History

Plagne was one of the two main sturgeon fishing ports of the Gironde estuary. After the suspension bridge at Cubzac opened in 1839, river traffic shifted to Plagne and the port developed for about fifty years before declining in the twentieth century.