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Canal du Centre – Canal du Centre loop from La Vèvre

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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Chalon-Sur-Saône

Villeneuve-En-Montagne

Canal du Centre – Canal du Centre loop from La Vèvre

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4.8

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Canal du Centre – Canal du Centre loop from La Vèvre

05:06

85.7km

470m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 9, 2026

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34.1 km

Canal du Centre

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The Canal du Centre was designed to connect the two major rivers, the Loire and the Saône, for commercial purposes. It links Chalon-sur-Saône, a town on the banks of the Saône, to Digoin, on the banks of the Loire. It is 112 kilometers long. This waterway provided Burgundy with an invaluable asset at the time, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. The first stone was laid in 1784. The first barge sailed on the canal in 1791, in the midst of the French Revolution.

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39.4 km

Rully lock

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Rully lock. There are three charging stations for electric bikes behind the old lock keeper's house.

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40.9 km

Canal du Centre at Chagny

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Excellent paved flat bike trail along the historic 1793 Canal du Centre, connecting at Chalon-sur-Saône the transeuropean EuroVelo 6 route (coming from the Black Sea) with the ViaRhôna route and leads via Digoin to the Loire Valley trails and Nantes with its intersection of EuroVelo 1 Vélodyssée along the Atlantic coast.
The canal now only serves for recreational boating.

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42.9 km

Canal du Centre

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At the gates of Chagny, the Canal du Center is an ideal place for walks away from road traffic. The setting is superb and shady.

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47.4 km

Canal du Centre Greenway (EuroVelo 6)

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The Canal du Centre was built between 1783 and 1793 to ensure communication between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. The greenway that runs alongside the canal is part of EuroVelo 6 and skirts southern Burgundy between the Saône and the Loire.

This segment offers beautiful panoramas of the Santenay vineyards.

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47.8 km

Canal du Centre

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Quiet flat walk along the canal

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55.8 km

Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune

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Beautiful little town with a bridge that spans the excellent cycle path and the historic Canal du Centre (1793).

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61.9 km

Greenway of the Canal du Centre

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Very good quality road in the forest, partially shaded, without cars because of the cycle path. In total, the Canal du Center greenway is 129 km long and goes from Chalon to Digoin.

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73.9 km

Tranchée du Longpendu

Lake

75.2 km

Étang de Montchanin

Lake

85.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

54.9 km

24.9 km

2.85 km

1.44 km

1.01 km

706 m

Surfaces

77.6 km

5.79 km

1.44 km

937 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (440 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

Weather

Thursday 9 July

36°C

19°C

0 %

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Comments

April 15, 2022,Chalon-sur-Saone nach Montceau-les-Mines

The EV6 leads to the Canal du Center just after Chalon-sur-Saone. The canal is 112 km long and flows from Chalon-sur-Saone to Digoin.

Via Chagny we went to Saint-Leger-sur-Dheune, where we took a short break, then to Saint-Sulien-sur-Dheune to today's final destination Montceau-les-Mines.

Again today we had wonderful weather and we could do without the leg warmers.

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June 8, 2024,Loire24 Tag 3 - von Chalon-sur-Saône nach Montceau-les-Mines

Along the canals, short enough to relax a bit.

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August 24, 2023,Chalon-sur-Saône - Montceau, EV6 1/6

As predicted, it got hot today. When I got to the hotel, the thunderstorm forecast for the afternoon came.
The EV6 on the Canal du Center is well signposted from the first signposted in Chalon sur Saône. Asphalted throughout.

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July 17, 2021,Camino F 21/06; EV 6: Chalon-sur-Saone - Montceau-les-mines

In the morning we cycle through the very pretty old town of Chalon. The cathedral impresses again with the "sounding" atmosphere! We also get stamps in our credentials again.
We are greeted by dark clouds that dissolve quickly and the wind blows strongly towards us until Chagny. Also a pretty town with a simple Romanesque church. Café et crossiant!
Then …

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August 14, 2025,11_Tag_EuroVelo_6 Montceaul-les-Mines >> Chalon-sur-Saõne

Today's itinerary:

The early bird catches/sees the...

> Sunrise (pictures)

We set off at 6:20 a.m. and then experienced the sunrise several times.

A new one after every bend in the canal or every hill.

> Crayfish (pictures)

It must have rained during the night, and a crayfish crossed the road from the canal to the river.

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Canal du Centre – Canal du Centre loop from La Vèvre

Canal du Centre

Rully lock

Canal du Centre at Chagny

Canal du Centre

Canal du Centre Greenway (EuroVelo 6)

Canal du Centre

Saint-Léger-sur-Dheune

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