Official touristic website of the lake of Serre-Poncon

<body> <H1><CENTER><I><FONT COLOR="#000099">Lake of Serre-Poncon</FONT></I></CENTER></H1><p> Come to be discovered the <BIG><a href="http://www.serre-poncon.com/">lake of Serre Poncon</a></BIG>.. .You will find many activities and animations there. <BR> Also, we propose the closest lodgings to you so that you can benefit fully from the <a href="lac_de_serre_poncon.html"> lake of Serre Poncon</A> ! <BR> <BR> Before the lake and the stopping : <BR> Affluent of the Rhone, the Durance is most powerful of the French rivers.<BR> 55 % of its water come from the snow melt.<BR> The men undergo at the same time the risings and the shortages seasonal.<BR> In 1843 and 1856, when catastrophic floods devastate the area of Avignon, the idea " to overcome " the Durance is specified... <BR> Stopping of Serre-Poncon :<BR> The stopping will avoid the floods, will regularize the irrigations and will exploit the energy of the Durance.<BR> The setting in water of the site of Serre-Poncon obliges to move 1 500 people! <BR> In 1895, engineer Ivan Wilhem draws up the project. <BR> Thanks to EDF and to the ministry for Agriculture, construction starts in 1955, is completed in 1961, and requires :<BR> 3 000 workmen, 19 million m3 of materials, a 120 m top dam. <BR> This reserve of 2 800 hectares, tank of 1 270 million m3 of water, feeds 15 hydroelectric power stations, that is to say 10 % of the French production! Make the turn of the lake of Serre-Poncon : <BR> Chorges : <BR> Small city caturige (Indo-European tribe of Celtic language) leaned with the first buttresses of the Solid mass of the Ecrins, the construction of the current village goes up with Xe century.<BR> A historical circuit traverses the lanes around the church of XIIe, with the liking of the placettes, the fountains, the houses of alpine style " of Provence ". <BR> Prunières : <BR> In this village of charm, the church, whose foundations go up in XVe century, is surmounted by four geminated bays of Romance style out of pink limestone.<BR> The sacristy, it, date of 1878 and dissimulate the original round form of the chorus.<BR> The elegant bell-tower, restored in 1998, is decorated of a sundial.<BR> Réallon : <BR> It is initially a village around its church of XIVe century, with a fort of XIIe, a baker's oven, and the torrent which descends to the lake... <BR> Higher, it is a winter sports resort and leisures of summer, true base camp for all the activities of mountain. <BR> <BR> Come to be discovered the <BIG><a href="http://www.serre-poncon.com/">lake of Serre Poncon</a></BIG>.. .You will find many activities and animations there. <BR> Also, we propose the closest lodgings to you so that you can benefit fully from the <a href="lac_de_serre_poncon.html"> lake of Serre Poncon</A> ! <BR> <BR> </body>