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This is a partial list of dams in France. Mainland. Alrance Dam; Lac d'Apremont; Bassin de Lampy; Bassin de Saint-Ferréol; Bissorte Dam; Lac de la Cavayère;
Pages in category "Dams in France" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The Malpasset Dam was an arch dam (convex surface facing upstream) on the Reyran River, north of Fréjus on the French Riviera. It collapsed on 2 December 1959, killing 423 people in the resulting flood.
The Roselend Dam is an arch-buttress dam located 5 km (3 mi) east of Beaufort in the Savoie department of the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. It is located just west and below the Cormet de Roselend mountain pass. The dam was designed by Coyne et Bellier and construction began in 1955. The reservoir began to fill in 1960, the power ...
Génissiat dam is the largest, to the left. The Génissiat Dam (French: Barrage de Génissiat) is a hydroelectric dam on the Rhône in France near the village of Injoux-Génissiat. Construction began in 1937, but was delayed by World War II, and the dam did not start generating power until 1948. By 1949 it had the greatest capacity of any dam ...
The Tignes Dam, also known as the Chevril Dam, is an arch dam on the Isère in the municipality of Tignes in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France. In planning since the 1920s and under the protest of locals, the dam was constructed between 1948 and 1952 with the purpose of hydroelectric power. At the time of its completion, it was ...
Marèges Dam in France. The International Commission on Large Dams, or ICOLD (French: Commission Internationale des Grands Barrages or CIGB), is an international non-governmental organization dedicated to the sharing of professional information and knowledge of the design, construction, maintenance, and impact of large dams.
The Marèges Dam is a concrete arch dam on the Dordogne River. It is located 4 km (2 mi) southeast of Liginiac in Corrèze department , France. It was constructed between 1932 and 1935 by the Railway Company du Midi .