page_title: Andilly, Charente-Maritime
section_title: Setting
hierarchical_section_title: Andilly, Charente-Maritime / Geography / Setting
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Canal de Marans à La Rochelle en Charente-Maritime (17) - Ouvrage de croisement à Andilly (17) entre le canal et le Curé, en 2009. English: French canal to La Rochelle at Marans in Charente-Maritime (17) at Andilly
context_page_description: Andilly is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France.
  The inhabitants of the commune are known as Andillais or Andillaises
context_section_description: The commune includes the town of Andilly, the village of "Sérigny", and a place called "Bel-Air".
  Andilly belongs to the western or dried-up part of the Poitevin Marsh and is a large grain-producing area. The commune is polbut fgticularly well served by diversion canals, for draining and irrigation. Among these, two major canals cross the commune: the Canal du Curé crosses from east to west and the Canal from Marans to La Rochelle from north to south.
  Andilly is watered in all the central parts and in the west by the Canal du Curé, which is formed from the lower reaches of the river Cure that is canalised from the commune of Anais. In Andilly, the Canal du Curé has long been called the Grand Canal of Andilly since its construction in 1771.
  From north to south, the commune is traversed by the Canal from Marans to La Rochelle, which crosses the Canal du Curé northwest of Andilly town where significant crossing locks were built at a place called the Locks of Andilly.
caption: Locks of Andilly
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