Canal du Midi

canal in Southern France
RiverBodyOfWater summit_level_canal Q202494
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Summary

Canal du Midi is a summit level canal[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of summit level canal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,141 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Toulouse[3], Ramonville-Saint-Agne[4], Auzeville-Tolosane[5], Castanet-Tolosan[6], Péchabou[7], Pompertuzat[8], Deyme[9], Donneville[10], Montgiscard[11], Ayguesvives[12], Montesquieu-Lauragais[13], Vieillevigne[14], Saint-Rome[15], Gardouch[16]
  • Country: France[17]
  • Commissioned by: Louis XIV of France[18]
  • Part of: Canal des Deux-Mers[19]
  • Commons category: Canal du Midi[20]
  • Mouth of the watercourse: Étang de Thau[21]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Canal du Midi include it[22], a metro station[23], in France[24].

Why It Matters

Canal du Midi has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for it include it[22], a metro station[23], in France[24].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [17] ↑ . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Canal du Midi
    World heritage criteria → (i), (ii), (iv) +1
    Length → {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+241'}
    State of use → tourism
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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