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Canaux

Pamiers, Ariège, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le lit du canal de Pamiers, enserrant la ville, situé sur les parcelles K 203, 210, 211, 248, 254, 1019, 1021, 1026, 1032, 1074, 1081, 1082, 1374, 1376, 1419, 1962, 1964, 1982, 1986, 1995, 1998, 2008, 2015, 2043, 2052, 2060, 2080, 2081, 2091, 2094, 2231, 2238, 2242, 2246, 2407, 2411, 2420, 2426, 2432, 2455, 2456, 2496, 2497 : inscription par arrêté du 16 juillet 1999
Protection dates
1999/07/16 : inscrit MH
Type
canal
Main period of construction
Moyen Age
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Pamiers
Département
Ariège
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
43.11634, 1.60778
Mérimée reference
PA09000009

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1776 map "39 St. Lizier, St. Martory." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Ville entourée de canaux depuis l'époque médiévale. Présence d'un savant dispositif de canaux établis en dérivation des eaux du fleuve depuis le 13e siècle. L'utilisation de ce réseau maîtrisé évolua dans le temps : d'abord défensif, il fut progressivement affecté à d'autres usages, comme l'alimentation de multiples activités artisanales (canal bordé entre autres par des éléments liés à l'industrie du pastel).

English translation

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Town surrounded by canals since the medieval period. Presence of a sophisticated system of canals established as diversions from the waters of the river since the 13th century. The use of this controlled network evolved over time: initially defensive, it was progressively devoted to other uses, such as supplying multiple craft activities (canal bordered among others by elements linked to the pastel industry).

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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