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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

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La Motte-Saint-Jean

Digoin Canal Bridge – Canal Latéral à la Loire loop from Bussy

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France

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Charolles

La Motte-Saint-Jean

Digoin Canal Bridge – Canal Latéral à la Loire loop from Bussy

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4.6

(36)

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Digoin Canal Bridge – Canal Latéral à la Loire loop from Bussy

06:05

100km

680m

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: June 19, 2026

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9.07 km

Pont-Levis on the Arroux

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The Pont-Levis is a bascule bridge that crosses the beginning of the disused Rigole de l'Arroux (Arroux gully).

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21.1 km

Canal du Centre greenway

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The Voie Verte du Canal du Centre, located just outside Paray-le-Monial, offers a scenic and relaxing experience in the heart of the Burgundy region. Along the way, you will enjoy …

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30.5 km

Along the canal at Paray-le-Monial

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A pleasant stretch that runs alongside the Canal du Centre between Paray-le-Monial and Digoin.

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42.5 km

In Digoin 🇨🇵

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43.1 km

Digoin Canal Bridge

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The Digoin aqueduct is both a curiosity and a rarity. This 243-meter bridge allows barges to pass over the Loire River. It is also open to pedestrians and cyclists, who …

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43.5 km

The boat crossing over the Loire in the Canal Central

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49.9 km

Bief No 2 de Thaleine

Lake

53.9 km

Bief No 3 Oddes

Lake

60.0 km

Canal Latéral à la Loire

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The Loire lateral canal is 196 kilometers long and allows, with other structures, the connection of the Rhône and the Seine. Thanks to it, the three largest rivers in France are thus connected.

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64.0 km

View of the Loire

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At Diou, the Eurovelo 6 branches off from the Loire side canal and leads over the Loire Bridge of the D 480. From the bridge you have a good block onto the unregulated Loire 👆

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72.8 km

Bois de Fleury

Forest

85.6 km

La Bussière

Forest

100 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

54.2 km

41.5 km

2.99 km

895 m

354 m

192 m

Surfaces

82.6 km

15.5 km

1.34 km

585 m

192 m

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Highest point (330 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

Weather

Friday 19 June

37°C

18°C

12 %

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May 28, 2025,Tour de France 2025 par le Jura- Jour 20 - de Bourbon Lancy (71) à Palinge (71)

Beautiful bike path leaving Bourbon Lancy.
For a few kilometers, we then stayed along the Canal Laterale until Digoin.
It's relatively flat.
We keep going, the herons keep flying as we pass; we saw a lot of them. In Digoin, we leave the Canal Laterale a la Loire and head along the Canal du Centre (the Charolais Canal), which connects …

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May 6, 2022,EV 6 Bourbon Lancy - DIGOIN - Palinges

Today was the last day on the Loire. Up to and after Digoin, the path mostly leads along canals. But an abandoned railway line is also used. And in Digoin I leave the Loire spectacularly. On a canal bridge over the Loire.
Au revoir, you last wild river, it was nice with you!

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May 27, 2023,EuroVelo6 an der Loire bis Bourbon-Lancy

Continue on the EuroVelo6 on the Loire. The place Paray-le-Monial was particularly beautiful. The track is very flat and easy to drive apart from a few narrow passages.

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August 18, 2021,🇫🇷TDF_Süd_08: Palinges - Bourbon-Lancy

"Lush green" (pastures and trees) and "lead gray" (sky), these attributes best describe today.
As far as Paray-le-Monial, the EV6 led far from the canal and again and again into the hills ... a tiring up and down.
Yesterday the Canal du Center was more of a dreamy, romantic waterway with a good infrastructure, today it is more of a …

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Pont-Levis on the Arroux

Canal du Centre greenway

Along the canal at Paray-le-Monial

In Digoin 🇨🇵

Digoin Canal Bridge

The boat crossing over the Loire in the Canal Central

Canal Latéral à la Loire

View of the Loire

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