Harbour

Bogny-sur-Meuse

Name: Bogny-sur-Meuse
Address: Bogny-sur-Meuse, FR

Bogny-sur-Meuse, France

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Maximum length: 30 m

River halt on the Meuse in the Ardennes, 10 berths, at the foot of the Roche aux Sept Villages.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Halt on the right bank of the Meuse around PK 100, reached on the VNF navigable waterway from Givet to Charleville. Locks opened by VNF from April to October on demand. Concrete quay with bollards. Moor alongside.

Practical

Ten places with freshwater and electricity pillars. No diesel on site. Bakery, butcher, pharmacy and small supermarket within 400 m of the quay in the Braux district. Train station on the Givet to Charleville line 500 m away.

Ashore

Musee de la Metallurgie Ardennaise at 900 m documents the forge trade of the valley. Roche aux Sept Villages belvedere on a 2 km footpath above the quay, view over seven Meuse villages at 246 m altitude. Voie verte Trans-Ardennes along the river.

History

Bogny-sur-Meuse was formed in 1967 by the merger of Braux, Levrezy and Chateau-Regnault. The three villages lived on foundry and bolt manufacturing. Chateau-Regnault was the seat of a medieval fortress destroyed on Louis XIV's orders in 1689.

Story

The four rocks above the village are called the Quatre Fils Aymon, after the chanson de geste hero brothers who, according to local legend, fled King Charlemagne on their horse Bayard along the Meuse.