Learn more about the Seine-Nord Europe Canal
What is the Seine-Nord Europe Canal? What are its objectives and its ambition at the heart of the Region, France and Europe?
Discover the commitments behind the Canal
Find here the structural commitments of the Société du Canal Seine-Nord Europe and the project partners.
The Canal at home
Do you want to find out about the project closest to you? Find the information that concerns you on the site of your territory.
The Seine-Nord Europe Canal is a wide-gauge Canal that will link Compiègne in the Oise to Aubencheul-au-Bac in the North. A central link in the Seine-Escaut river link, it will cross Hauts-de-France and allow large barges to travel efficiently between France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
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Since its start, the Seine-Nord Europe Canal project has been built with the inhabitants, economic players and communities of the Compiegnois Noyonnais, Santerre Upper Somme and Artois Cambresis. Until commissioning, the teams of the Société du Canal Seine-Nord Europe inform you about:
28 km long in the crossing of Artois and Cambrésis, the Canal Seine-Nord Europe will partially overlap the route of the current Canal du Nord, between Ruyaulcourt and Havrincourt. On the rest of its route, the Seine-Nord Europe Canal will follow a new route.
From Ytres (62) to Aubencheul-au-Bac (59), the Seine-Nord Europe Canal will cross 13 essentially rural municipalities, close to the urban centers of Arras, Douai and Cambrai.
Go to the Canal website in Artois-Cambrésis
The Santerre Haute-Somme territory is home to 45 km of the Seine-Nord Europe Canal, between Ercheu and Equancourt, crossing 26 municipalities. Nesle and Péronne are the two main towns and will each host an inland port. In total, the territory crossed by the Seine-Nord Europe Canal has nearly 20 inhabitants.
Go to the Canal en Santerre Haute-Somme websiteBetween Compiègne and Libermont, it's 33,6 km of Canal which cross the department of Oise. Work has already begun and will continue: roundabouts, quays, upscaling of the canalized Oise, development of the Oise river, construction of locks, displacement of the bed of the Oise, widening and deepening of the Lateral Canal at the 'Oise or own digging.
Go to the Canal website in Compiégnois-Noyonnaisfrom Compiegne to Aubencheul-au-Bac
Hauts-de-France crossed
road and rail
including a 1330m structure crossing the Somme
including a junction lock with the Canal du Nord
planting and environmental improvements
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