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Lake Geneva (Lac Léman), the largest in western Europe with 582 km 2 (225 sq mi), partly in France, partly in Switzerland, is listed in Haute-Savoie for its French part. Mountain lakes [ edit ]
Located at the eastern end of a lagoon formed by a storm-breach of the coastal dunes, probably in the mid-10th century, [6] Wissant has been a fishing village for a millennium: along with Audresselles it is the last fishing village in France to use a traditional method of fishing using a wooden boat called a flobart and was in the Middle Ages a major port for embarkation for England: [7] In a ...
The Lake of Orient or Seine Reservoir Lake is a lake in northeastern France, located in the Aube department of the Grand Est region.With a surface area of 23 km 2 (8.9 sq mi) and a normal capacity of 205 km 3 (49 cu mi), [1] it is the third-largest Artificial Lake in mainland France, after Lake Der-Chantecoq and Lake Serre-Ponçon, and ahead of Lake Sainte-Croix.
The lake's marina is Port-Dienville, with a water depth of 3 m, compared with 5 to 12 m for the whole lake. With a capacity of 240 berths, it is the headquarters of the Champagne-Ardenne gendarmerie's nautical brigade. It is located right next to the lake's sole beach. [11] Fishing is available day and night on the lake's shores.
Kir Lake (French: Lac Kir) is an artificial lake located south west of Dijon, France. Traversed by the Ouche, it was completed in 1964 and named after Félix Kir (1876–1968), the mayor of Dijon and the lake's creator. Kir Lake, also known as Lac Kir, is a man-made lake located in Dijon, the capital city of the Burgundy region in France.
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Lac du Bourget (French: [lak dy buʁʒɛ]; English Lake Bourget), also locally known as Lac Gris ([lak gʁi]; English: Grey Lake) or Lac d'Aix ([lak d‿ɛ]), is a lake at the southernmost end of the Jura Mountains in the department of Savoie, France. It is the deepest lake located entirely within France, and either the largest or second ...
Lac de Grand-Lieu (French: [lak də gʁɑ̃.ljø]) is a lake located to the southwest of Nantes, in the Loire-Atlantique, France, and almost entirely in Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu. At an elevation of 5 m (16 ft), its surface area is 62.92 km 2 (24.29 sq mi), making it the largest lake in France in winter, but second after Lac du Bourget in ...