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Canal d'Orléans – Canal d'Orléans in Combleux loop from Saint-Jean-de-Braye

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Canal d'Orléans – Canal d'Orléans in Combleux loop from Saint-Jean-de-Braye

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Canal d'Orléans – Canal d'Orléans in Combleux loop from Saint-Jean-de-Braye

03:01

11.8km

50m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 1, 2026

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Includes a movable bridge

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After 2.47 km for 17 m

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Start point

Bus stop

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2.36 km

Café Bistro La Marine

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A popular place to take a break. You will appreciate the atmosphere under the trees in the immediate vicinity of the lock. An astonishing place.

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2.39 km

A picturesque village between the Orleans Canal and the Loire, Combleux was once a transit port when the Loire navy was expanding.

Traces of the old port activities are still visible: the bargemen's houses, the canal controller's house, and the lock keeper's house.

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2.71 km

Combleux

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Small village along the Loire river, with a nice view and a peaceful canal.

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6.09 km

Mardie

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Between the Loire and the forest, the commune of Mardié is part of the Métropole Orléans Val de Loire, forming its eastern entrance, 12 km from the center of Orléans. With a long history largely marked by viticulture, part of its territory belongs to the Loire Valley section classified as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Quite vast, the commune has an area of 17.3 km² and stretches for about 12 km from Northwest to Southeast with a width of only 4 to 5 km. The relief is marked only by the slopes that delimit the valleys of the Loire and the river Cens, doubled by the Canal d'Orléans. The altitude is between 100 and 120 m.

The landscapes are varied and have a lot of character. "Natural" landscapes with the banks of the Loire, the canal and the Cens valley, vast cultivated areas and very extensive woods. Inhabited landscapes with the town center, clustered around a beautiful Romanesque church, a lively district in Pont-aux-Moines with its small shops, very green and airy residential areas, some important hamlets that have retained traditional rural housing mixed with more recent constructions.

The commune benefits from the main services and shops, and is well served by public transport to Orléans. Despite demographic growth, which remains controlled (just under 3000 inhabitants), it has retained a fairly marked rural character and remains, in many respects, a village where life is good.

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Schöne Brücke über den Canal d'Orléans

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8.05 km

Canal d'Orléans

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The Canal d'Orléans is an old waterway that connects the Loire to the Canal du Loing and the Canal de Briare. 78 kilometers long, it includes 26 reaches (portions of a canal between two locks) and 29 locks.

The Combleux reach is 5,450 meters long. It is bordered upstream by the Pont aux Moines lock and downstream by the Patache lock.

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9.02 km

Joli pontoon

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This bridge between the canal and the Loire crosses the weir. It regulates the water level of the canal and prevents flooding.

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Canal d'Orléans in Combleux

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The canal was built between 1680 and 1693. After its opening, ships could reach the Seine from the Loire via the Canal d'Orléans and the Canal du Loing and thus go directly to Paris. As the transport performance decreased more and more over the years, the canal was removed from the list of navigable waters in France in 1954 and sold by the state to the local authorities. The current owner, the General Council of the Loiret department, is working on the restoration of the canal and intends to reopen it for water tourism with pleasure boats and houseboats. The Association pour la Navigation du Canal d'Orléans (ANCO) was founded with this objective. On the Loire side, expansion to Grignon has been completed.
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11.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.88 km

2.24 km

1.65 km

613 m

363 m

Surfaces

5.26 km

1.61 km

1.54 km

1.43 km

464 m

Elevation

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Canal d'Orléans – Canal d'Orléans in Combleux loop from Saint-Jean-de-Braye

Café Bistro La Marine

Combleux

Combleux

Mardie

Schöne Brücke über den Canal d'Orléans

Canal d'Orléans

Joli pontoon

Canal d'Orléans in Combleux

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