The Meurthe ( French pronunciation: [mœʁt] ) is a river in north-eastern France , right tributary to the river Moselle . It is 161 km (100 mi) long. Its source is in the Vosges mountains , near the Col de la Schlucht in the Vosges département , from where it flows in an overall north-westerly direction. Its name gave rise to the naming of the present French département Meurthe-et-Moselle and the former (before the change in the Franco-German border after the Franco-Prussian war of 1870) département Meurthe .
5-788: Channelled during its route through Nancy , the river flows into the Moselle at Pompey on the northern edge of Nancy, a short distance down-stream from the Port of Frouard . Towns along the river Meurthe include: Tributaries include: This Grand Est geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in France is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Voies navigables de France Voies navigables de France ( French pronunciation: [vwa naviɡabl də fʁɑ̃s] , VNF , English: Navigable Waterways of France )
10-654: Is a public body and is under the control of the Minister of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Territorial Development ( French : Ministère de l'Écologie, de l'Energie, du Développement durable et de l'Aménagement du territoire ). The headquarters of VNF are in Béthune , Pas-de-Calais with local offices throughout France. The French natural and man-made waterways network is the largest in Europe extending to over 8,500-kilometre (5,300 mi) of which VNF manages
15-542: Is the French navigation authority responsible for the management of the majority of France 's inland waterways network and the associated facilities— towpaths , commercial and leisure ports , lock-keeper's houses and other structures. VNF was established in 1991 and took over the responsibility for all waterways from the National Office of Navigation ( French : Office National de la Navigation ) in 1993. It
20-942: The navigable sections of the River Somme and the Brittany Canals , which are both under local management, and neither is the River Lot in Aquitaine . Approximately 20% of the network is suitable for commercial boats of over 1000 tonnes and the VNF has an ongoing programme of maintenance and modernisation to increase depth of waterways, widths of locks and headroom under bridges to support France's strategy of encouraging freight onto water as part of her sustainable development programme—a survey by Price Waterhouse Coopers showed that 75% of French companies were willing to switch to barge transport. A major current initiative
25-410: The navigable sections. The assets managed by VNF comprise 6,700-kilometre (4,200 mi) of waterways, made up of 3,800-kilometre (2,400 mi) of canals and 2,900-kilometre (1,800 mi) of navigable rivers , 494 dams , 1595 locks , 74 aqueducts , 65 reservoirs , 35 tunnels and a land area of 800 km (310 sq mi). Two significant waterways which are not under VNF's control are
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