page_title: Lake of Sainte-Croix
hierarchical_section_title: Lake of Sainte-Croix
caption_attribution_description: English: Lac de Sainte-Croix ("Lake of Sainte-Croix") is a man-made lake that was formed as a result of a dam (Barrage de Sainte-Croix). South east France. Norsk bokmål: Lac de Sainte-Croix i Frankrike.
context_page_description: The Lake of Sainte-Croix is a man-made lake that was formed by the construction, between 1971 and 1974 of a reinforced-concrete arch dam by the name of Dam of Sainte-Croix. The reservoir holds a maximum of 761 million cubic metres of water. The dam, which generates 142 million kWh of electricity per year, is 94 metres high, 7.5 metres thick at its base and 3 metres thick at its crest.
  The village that can be seen adjacent to the lake, however, is not the eponymous village of Sainte-Croix-de-Verdon but Les Salles-sur-Verdon. The original village is now completely underwater.
  The other villages around the lake are:
  Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon
  Bauduen
  Les Salles-sur-Verdon
context_section_description: The Lake of Sainte-Croix (French: lac de Sainte-Croix) is a man-made lake that was formed by the construction, between 1971 and 1974 (when it was put into service) of a reinforced-concrete arch dam by the name of Dam of Sainte-Croix.  The reservoir holds a maximum of 761 million cubic metres of water.  The dam, which generates 142 million kWh of electricity per year, is 94 metres high, 7.5 metres thick at its base and 3 metres thick at its crest.
  The village that can be seen adjacent to the lake, however, is not the eponymous village of Sainte-Croix-de-Verdon but Les Salles-sur-Verdon.  The original village is now completely underwater.
  The other villages around the lake are:
  Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon
  Bauduen
  Les Salles-sur-Verdon (new village)
caption: Lac de Sainte-Croix
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