VOIES NAVIGABLES DE FRANCE (VNF) - SUD-OUEST

The Voies Navigables de France (VNF) is the national operator in charge of the improvement and management of inland waterways, as well as overall water management. The South-West office covers 600 km of canals and sections of navigable rivers, two regions (Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée and Nouvelle-Aquitaine), seven departments (Gironde, Lot-et-Garonne, Tarn-et-Garonne, Haute-Garonne, Tarn, Aude and Hérault) and more than two hundred municipalities. Its vocations are plural: preservation of heritage, flora and fauna, transport of goods, tourism, ecology... On the practical side, the entity lists and communicates information concerning navigation times and periods, the rules of passage through locks, the network of the Canal du Midi and sections of rivers, recommendations to be followed in terms of safety...