Harbour

Port Chichoulet

3.3Les Cabanes de Fleury, FranceLanguedoc-Roussillon

Maximum length: 12 m
VHF channel: 9
Maximum draught: 2 m

Port of 260 berths at Les Cabanes de Fleury, on the right bank of the Aude mouth, commune of Vendres in Hérault.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach through the Aude mouth between Valras-Plage and Fleury. Buoyed channel, silting reported after easterly and south-easterly gales. Maximum draught 2 m. Speed limit 3 knots in the river. VHF 9.

Practical

260 berths on floating pontoons. Water and electricity at each berth. Capitainerie, sanitary block and wintering area. Bar-restaurant and small grocery at Les Cabanes de Fleury within 200 m. Full shopping at Valras-Plage, 3 nautical miles to the north-east.

Ashore

Hiking trail along the Aude to the basses plaines de l'Aude nature reserve, birdwatching area for flamingos and herons. Fishermen cabins of Les Cabanes de Fleury, listed vernacular site on the Aude bank, 200 m from the port. Saint-Pierre-la-Mer beach 2 km by road.

History

Les Cabanes de Fleury developed from a settlement of wooden fishing huts on the right bank of the Aude. The village kept its traditional single-storey reed-roofed dwellings along the river.