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Sivens Dam | |
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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 |
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.