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LOUHANS

Louhans, in the heart of "Bresse Bourguignonne", its street lined with arches, its famous market in the poultry on Mondays.

  • To see : Cuisery, village of the book, The center EDE, The vineyards of Mâconnais
  • To taste : Chickens of Bresse, frogs.
  • To know : the Seille : A network of ponds, dunes and peat bogs britant a large number of migratory birds, among which of the threatened species and rare botanical species.
  • Very Favourite : The architecture of bressanes farms.

Navigation on the Saone :
The Saone furrows the slopes of the famous vineyards of the coast chalonnaise, Mâconnais and the Beaujolais wine, walking on idly through the strengthened cities. True paradise for the fishermen, his weak slope and its regular flow makes a calm and easy water way of it.

Navigation on the Seille :
It is an affluent of the Saone which takes to its source in Baume les Messieurs (Jura) and which is thrown in the Saone with Truchère (Saone et Loire). Long of a hundred km, it is a quiet river with trout. A few km before its opening, it form a network of Ponds, dunes and peat bogs which shelter a great number of species threatened and rare of migratory birds.

From Louhans : 

Week-end

  • Louhans, La Truchère, Louhans : 76 km, 6 locks, 12 hours

Mini- week

  • Louhans, Châlon-sur-Saône, Verdun sur Doubs, Louhans : 200 km, 10 locks, 22 hours
  • Louhans, Mâcon, Tournus, Châlon sur Saône, Louhans : 196 km, 10 locks, 21 hours

One week

  • Louhans, Châlon-sur-Saône, Santenay, Saint Léger sur Dheune, Louhans : 22 km, 42 locks, 35 hours
  • Louhans, St Jean de Losne, Louhans : 270 km, 14 locks, 28 hours
  • Louhans, Pontailler sur Saône : 172 km, 9 locks, 18 hours
  • Louhans, Chagny, Pontailler sur Saône : 213 km, 33 locks, 31 hours

Two weeks

  • Louhans, Digoin, Louhans : 384 km, 132 locks, 69 hours
 

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