Best anchorages and harbours in Alsace and Lorraine

Port Fluvial de Lagarde

River harbour on the canal de la Marne au Rhin in Moselle, between Nancy and Strasbourg.

Anse Dite Port Mirabelle

Anchorage on the lac de Madine, a 1100-hectare reservoir in the Meuse, Grand Est region, used for inland sailing.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

port Saaralbe

Inland canal port with 8 berths at Sarralbe on the Canal des houilleres de la Sarre, in Moselle.

Pont S Moussen

River marina on the right bank of the Moselle at Pont-à-Mousson, PK 328, 300 m from the town centre.

Port de Chassey-lès-Scey

River marina on the Saône at Scey-sur-Saône-et-Saint-Albin in Haute-Saône, on the canalised reach between Corre and Gray.

Yachtclub Straßbourg

Club marina on the Rhine-linked basins of Strasbourg, Grand Est.

Nancy

Prohibited mooring stretch on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin within the city of Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Fouchécourt

Mooring prohibited along the Petite Saône at Fouchécourt, in Haute-Saône, upstream of the lock and opposite the VNF halte fluviale.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Golbey ecluse no 5

Waiting zone on the canal des Vosges at Golbey lock 5, mooring prohibited outside of lock operations.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Nomexy Dock

Small river halt on the Canal des Vosges at Nomexy in the Moselle valley, Grand Est.

Girancourt ecl2

Mooring-prohibited zone at lock 2 of Girancourt on the canal des Vosges, sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Eluse 21 - Pont tremblant

No-anchoring zone at Lock 21 Pont Tremblant on the Canal des Vosges, Vosges department, between Fontenoy-le-Château and Épinal.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

port Wittring

Canal halt with 10 berths at Zetting on the Canal des houilleres de la Sarre, in Moselle, Grand Est.

lützelbourg mitte

Sixteen-berth fluvial port at Lutzelbourg on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin, in Moselle, at the foot of the Vosges ridge.

Quai Saaralbe

Two-berth canal quay at Sarralbe on the Canal des houilleres de la Sarre, 0,8 NM from the main Port de Sarralbe.

Fontenoy-le-Château

Inland halte on the Canal des Vosges, formerly Canal de l'Est branch sud, at the village of Fontenoy-le-Château in the southern Vosges.

Niderviller Marina

Rental base and halte fluviale on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin at Niderviller, Moselle, at the junction of the summit pound.

waltenheim

Small canal halt of 10 berths on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin at Waltenheim-sur-Zorn, in Wittersheim commune, Bas-Rhin.

port soiffelweyersheim

Small pleasure port with 8 berths on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin, in Souffelweyersheim north of Strasbourg.

Cendrecourt

Stretch of the Saône river near the village of Cendrecourt in Haute-Saône, on the Petite Saône between Corre and Port-sur-Saône.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Henamenil pk 197

Point on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin western branch near Hénaménil village in Meurthe-et-Moselle, at kilometre mark 197. Mooring is prohibited along this reach.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

port xures

Fifteen-berth canal port at Xures on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin eastern branch, in Meurthe-et-Moselle.

Port de Plaisance d’Épinal

Canal port in the centre of Epinal, prefecture of the Vosges department, on the embranchement d'Epinal of the Canal des Vosges.

km 167.5

Canal halt at PK 167.5 on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin at Jarville-la-Malgrange, southern suburb of Nancy, 3 berths.

Halte Fluvial de Fouchécourt

Small river stop on the Petite Saone at Fouchecourt, Haute-Saone, in the upper navigable reach of the river.

port plaisance de parroy

Six-berth canal halt at Parroy on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin eastern branch, close to the Étang de Parroy.

dettviller ost

Point on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin east of Dettwiller village in Bas-Rhin, Alsace. Mooring is prohibited on this reach, bottom is mud.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Hafen Saar

Small river stop of 10 berths on the canalised Saar in the Moselle department, Grand Est, near the French-German border. 1.6 m maximum draught.

km 333

River anchorage on the Petite Saône at kilometre point 333, between Scey-sur-Saône and Savoyeux, in Haute-Saône.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Maixe

Prohibited mooring zone on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin near the village of Maixe in Meurthe-et-Moselle, mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE