Sivens Dam

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Sivens Dam
Location of Sivens Dam in France
Official name	Barrage de Sivens
Country	France
Location	Lisle-sur-Tarn
Coordinates	43°55′0″N 1°46′10″E / 43.91667°N 1.76944°E / 43.91667; 1.76944
Status	Cancelled
Construction began	August 2014
Construction cost	8.4 million euros
Owner(s)	Department of Tarn
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment dam
Impounds	Tescou
Height	12 m (39 ft)
Height (thalweg)	12.8 m (42 ft)
Length	304 m (997 ft)
Reservoir
Total capacity	1,500,000 m3 (1,200 acre⋅ft)
Surface area	42 ha (100 acres)
Maximum length	2 km (1.2 mi)

Sivens Dam (Barrage de Sivens) was a dam which was planned for construction across the Tescou, a tributary of the Tarn in the basin of the Garonne in Southern France, near to Toulouse. The construction site was 10 km north of Lisle-sur-Tarn, in the Department of Tarn (Midi-Pyrénées). The dam was named after the nearby Forest of Sivens. Construction work began in 2014 and was then halted after Rémi Fraisse, a 21-year-old man protesting against the construction project, was killed by a stun grenade fired by police. His death sparked further protests across France, some of which were violent.^[1] The project was then closed in 2015 by the Minister of Ecology Ségolène Royal.^[2][3] There was a later proposal for a smaller dam.