Tescou
| Tescou (Le Tescou) | |
 The Tescou at Montauban | |
| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Landmark | Sivens Dam |
| Source | |
| - location | Gaillac, France |
| - coordinates | 43°57′11″N 1°51′54″E / 43.95306°N 1.86500°E |
| Mouth | Tarn |
| - location | Montauban, France |
| - coordinates | 44°0′58″N 1°20′57″E / 44.01611°N 1.34917°ECoordinates: 44°0′58″N 1°20′57″E / 44.01611°N 1.34917°E |
| Wikimedia Commons: Tescou River | |
The Tescou, (French: Le Tescou) is a tributary of the Tarn in the basin of the Garonne in Southern France. It flows 48.8 kilometres through the departments of Tarn; Tarn-et-Garonne and Haute-Garonne.[1]
The source is near Gaillac in the Massif Central, and its confluence with the Tarn is near Montauban in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Midi-Pyrénées region.
In 2014 construction work began on the Sivens Dam (Barrage de Sivens), to supply irrigation for local farms.[2][3][4]
On 25 October 2014, Rémi Fraisse, a 21-year-old student protesting against the Sivens Dam across the Tescou, was killed after being hit in the back by a grenade, sparking further violent protests.[5]
References
- ↑ Sandre, O49-0430. Le Tescou. 18 November 2013
- ↑ Le Figaro, 27 Feb 2014, Barrage/Tarn : expulsion des opposants
- ↑ Libération, 2 May 2014, À Sivens, un autre Dame-des-Landes
- ↑ La Dépêche du Midi 31 August 2014, Semaine cruciale à Sivens pour le projet de barrage
- ↑ The Guardian, 28 October 2014, French Socialists and Greens at odds following death of Sivens dam protester, by Anne Penketh in Paris
External links
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tescou. |
- French Waterways - The Tarn Navigation guide to the lower 40 km.
- http://www.gorgesdutarn.net/?lang=en
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, April 12, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.