Harbour

Halte Fluviale Saint Mammes

4.7Saint-Mammès, France

Maximum length: 38 m

River port at the confluence of the Seine and the Loing, 75 km south-east of Paris, in Seine-et-Marne.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

On the left bank of the Seine just upstream of écluse de Saint-Mammès, which gives access to the Canal du Loing and beyond to the Canal de Briare and the Loire. Commercial barge traffic is heavy at the confluence, keep to starboard and listen to VHF 10 on the Seine.

Practical

Twenty berths along the quay, water and electricity on the pontoon, fuel station in the village. Capitainerie, bakery, small supermarket and SNCF station on the Paris Lyon line within 400 m. Laundrette at the Yachting Club de Fontainebleau 3.3 NM upstream.

Ashore

Musée de la Marine de Loire documents the town's barge-building past, open weekends. Moret-sur-Loing at 0.8 NM south-east, a fortified medieval town painted by Alfred Sisley between 1889 and 1899, reached on foot along the towpath in 40 minutes. Forêt de Fontainebleau trailheads at Thomery, 3 km.

History

Saint-Mammès grew as a mariniers' village in the 19th century when it marshalled the barges loaded with Burgundy wine and Nivernais coal headed for Paris. The local saying went that one in two households owned a péniche.