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Lakes Amance and du Temple are the two human-made lakes that together form the Aube reservoir. They are located in the Aube department, in the Grand Est region of France. The former is Europe's largest lake reserved for motorboating, and the latter is Europe's largest non-nautical lake. [3]
This list of lakes in France roughly distinguishes three categories: the mountain lakes, sorted first by massif, and then by départements; the lakes in plains, ...
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 Lac de Castillon (English: Lake of Castillon) is a reservoir in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Southeastern France. At an elevation of 880 m (2,890 ft), the lake's surface area is 5 km 2 (1.9 sq mi). The Castillon dam holds 150,000,000 m 3 (5.3 × 10 9 cu ft) of water.
This category is for articles pertaining to lakes in France. Reservoirs are also listed in Category:Reservoirs in France
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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 ...