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The Saint Guérin Dam

Arêches-Beaufort,
  • barrage de St Guérin
  • Passerelle de Saint Guérin
barrage de St GuérinPasserelle de Saint Guérin
Saint Guérin, patron saint of herds gave his name to the valley and the dam, which was built between 1957 and 1961. The dam contributes to feeding Lake Roselend through a connecting pipe between the reservoirs that operate in the manner of communicating vessels.
Its water surface is 50 hectares with a depth of 70m and a capacity of 13 million m3. Its arched-gravity structure measures 250m long. The reservoir receives each year the equivalent of twice its storage capacity.
From 06/05 to 22/10, daily.
  • Main facilities :
    • Historic site and monument
  • Parking :
    • Parking
  • Art collection :
    • Engineering structure
    • Dam/weir
  • Industrial heritage :
    • Industrial site
  • Services :
    • Unguided group tours
    • Unguided individual tours
  • SITRA services :
    • Unguided individual tours available permanently
  • Information panels :
    • English (EN)
    • French (EN)
  • Group tour services :
    • Unguided group tours available permanently
Contact
Saint Guérin
73270
Arêches-Beaufort
Phone : +33 4 79 38 33 15
  • Spoken language(s) :
    • French

Map

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Barrage de Saint Guérin
Saint Guérin
73270
Arêches-Beaufort
GPS coordinates
Latitude : 45.651083
Longitude : 6.580896
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