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Toulouse
Avignonet-Lauragais

Canal du midi – La rigole de la Plaine loop from Avignonet

Routes
France
Occitania
Toulouse
Avignonet-Lauragais

Canal du midi – La rigole de la Plaine loop from Avignonet

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Canal du midi – La rigole de la Plaine loop from Avignonet

03:37

59.1km

290m

Gravel riding

Moderate gravel ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 16, 2026

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Start point

Train Station

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3.14 km

Canal du midi

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The landscape is very beautiful, but unfortunately the cycle path here is no longer asphalted.
Luckily it was dry where I was at the moment, it must have rained a …

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9.10 km

La rigole de la Plaine

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Very pretty path along the channel, the setting is bucolic. Have fun on player single tracks.

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22.5 km

Lac de Lenclas

Lake

4

39.7 km

View of Castelnaudary

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Beautiful view of the small old town, here the Canal du Midi is a large basin.

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40.0 km

The Grand Bassin in Castelnaudary is the largest open body of water along the Canal du Midi and covers approximately 7 hectares. Once a site of important economic activity, it …

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6

46.0 km

La Planque Cottage

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Directly at a lock, nice atmosphere.

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7

49.7 km

Roc Lock

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The Écluse du Roc was built around 1670 and is 57 km from Toulouse at 189 m above sea level.

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50.5 km

Méditerranée Lock

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We are on the dividing reach of the Seuil de Naurouze
The lock of the Mediterranean is the first one that one meets to go down towards Sète



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55.7 km

Écluse de l'Océan

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The Écluse de l'Océan is an architecturally beautifully built single-chamber lock. It marks the highest point of the Canal du Midi (Col de Naurouze or Seuil de Lauragais: the watershed between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean).

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59.1 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.7 km

22.0 km

6.65 km

3.16 km

1.04 km

596 m

Surfaces

25.9 km

23.9 km

6.18 km

2.37 km

780 m

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (160 m)

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Wednesday 21 October

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