Erdre

Port of Nort -sur -Erdre

The mouth of the Erdre (picture to 1890-1900 )

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The Erdre is a river in France, which runs in the Pays de la Loire. It rises in the municipality of La Pouëze, drained west to southwest direction and leads after 97 km in the urban area of Nantes as a right tributary to a tributary of the Loire ( Bras de la Madeleine ). The Erdre is navigable from the mouth to Nort -sur -Erdre. In this section, it is also part of the Canal de Nantes à Brest, which is used by only more tourists today. On their way the Erdre crosses the departments of Maine -et -Loire and Loire -Atlantique.

Places on the river

• Cande
• Joue -sur -Erdre
• La Chapelle- sur -Erdre
• Nantes
• Nort -sur -Erdre
• Riaillé
• Saint-Mars- la- Jaille
• Sucé -sur -Erdre

History

Saint Felix, the 16th Bishop of Nantes, renovated in the year 550, the unhealthy marshes north of the city, by raising the water level of the Erdre by about two meters by the construction of flux barriers and roads.

After it had often come in Nantes because of the capricious river course of Erdre floods, the German engineer Karl Hotz was entrusted in connection with the required reparations from France with the renovation of the last few miles of the river from 1929. Since 1933, the Erdre flows off through a 900 m long tunnel into the canal Saint- Félix. The old course is now part of the Cours des 50 Otages, one of the main roads of Nantes.

Attractions

On the shore there are many mansions, parks and palaces, so that the Erdre has been called " the most beautiful river in France " by the French king Francis I..

On the stick formations seen along the lower reaches of the Erdre all kinds of water sports can be operated.