Harbour

Ligny-en-Barrois

2.6France

Maximum length: 38.5 m

Canal halt on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin in the Meuse department, Grand Est, serving the small town of Ligny-en-Barrois.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Reached by the Canal de la Marne au Rhin between Bar-le-Duc and Toul. Lock sequence managed by VNF. Speed limit 6 km/h in the bief. Fuel pump on the quay, one of the few along this stretch.

Practical

Four berths alongside the quay. Diesel available. Water and power from the capitainerie in season. Shops, bakery and restaurants in the town centre within 400 m. SNCF station on the Paris to Strasbourg line at 600 m.

Ashore

Town walk past the Tour Valéran, a keep from the former ducal castle of the Dukes of Bar. Musée d'Art Sacré in the old Notre-Dame-des-Vertus priory. GR 703 towpath walk toward Bar-le-Duc through the Ornain valley.