Briare (, also known as Briare-le-Canal) is a commune in the

Loiret Loiret (; ) is a department in the Centre-Val de Loire region of north-central France. It takes its name from the river Loiret, which is contained wholly within the department. In 2019, Loiret had a population of 680,434.

department in north-central France, in the historical region of

Puisaye The Puisaye () is a natural and historical region of France, now divided between the Departments of France, departments of Loiret, Nièvre and Yonne. Its historical and administrative center is the town of Saint-Fargeau. Its inhabitants are know ...

. The composer and organist

Henri Nibelle Henri Jules Joseph Nibelle (6 November 1883 – 18 November 1967) was a French organist, choral conductor and composer. Biography Born in Briare, son and grandson of organists, Henri Nibelle attended the école Niedermeyer as early as 1898 ...

(1883–1967) was born in Briare. Briare, the ''Brivodorum'' of the Romans is situated at the extremity of the

Briare Canal The Briare Canal (, ) is one of the oldest canals in France. Its construction started in 1604. It was the first summit level canal in Europe that was built using pound locks, connecting the Rhone-Saône and Seine valleys. It is long and is pa ...

, which unites the river

Loire The Loire ( , , ; ; ; ; ) is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of , it drains , more than a fifth of France's land, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône. It rises in the so ...

and its

lateral canal {{About, water canals, lateral extensions of root canals of a tooth, Root canal#Root canal system A lateral canal is a canal built along the same right-of-way as an existing stream. Water for the canal is usually provided by the original natural ...

with the

Loing The Loing () is a long river in central France, a left tributary of the Seine. Its source is in Sainte-Colombe-sur-Loing, in the southwest of the departments of France, department of Yonne, and it flows into the Seine in Saint-Mammès, near Mo ...

and so with the

Seine The Seine ( , ) is a river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. It rises at Source-Seine, northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plat ...

. The lateral canal of the Loire crosses the Loire near Briare by the

Briare aqueduct The Briare Aqueduct in central France carries the Canal latéral à la Loire over the river Loire on its journey to the Seine. It replaced a river-level crossing from the canal to meet the Briare Canal that was hazardous in times of flood. Betwe ...

which is 662 m long.

Briare station Briare (, also known as Briare-le-Canal) is a Communes of France, commune in the Loiret Departments of France, department in north-central France, in the historical region of Puisaye. The composer and organist Henri Nibelle (1883–1967) was born ...

has rail connections to Montargis, Nevers and Paris. Loire Loiret Briare1 tango7174

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Town council website
Communes of Loiret Orléanais {{Loiret-geo-stub

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