Négra Lock is a single chamber lock on the Canal du Midi near the village of Villefranche-de-Lauragais in Languedoc, France. There is a small chapel at the lock and also a small red-brick aqueduct which carries the canal over the Thésauque, a tributary of the Hers.
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From a boaters point of view, the water and electricity is supplied by the 'Locoboat' company who hire out boats and occupy all the pontoon area up to the lock. Mooring is offered at 20euros per night + 8 euros for water and electricity, which is dearer than any we have come across down through Toulouse, Carcassonne and beyond! It is pretty though, we moored on the bank through the lock, but we couldn't find a café, restaurant or...
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A lock in the oval style created by Canal du Midi engineering genius Pierre-Paul Riquet, this one manages to combine being pretty with lots of activity - plenty of hired bikes and boats going through on the...
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Nice quiet place to relax (have a picnic) and watch the boats go through the lock. You can hire bikes here and go...
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