Lac d'Orédon

Lac d'Orédon
Lac d'Orédon
Location	Hautes-Pyrénées
Coordinates	42°49′32″N 00°09′43″E / 42.82556°N 0.16194°E / 42.82556; 0.16194Coordinates: 42°49′32″N 00°09′43″E / 42.82556°N 0.16194°E / 42.82556; 0.16194
Type	reservoir
Primary inflows	Lac de Cap-de-Long
Primary outflows	Neste
Basin countries	France
Surface area	0.46 km2 (0.18 sq mi)
Surface elevation	1,849 m (6,066 ft)

Lac d'Orédon is a lake raised by a dam in Hautes-Pyrénées, France. At an elevation of 1849 m, its surface area is 0.46 km².

It was one of the first lakes of the Pyrenees to have been built in the 17th century.^[1]

Public Use[]

In 1864, the Ministry of Agriculture decided to increase and regulate the flow of the Neste canal (feeding Gers rivers) using the lakes of the upper valley of Aure (Aubert, Aumar, Cap-de -Long, Lac d'Orédon).^[1] The lake was expropriated for public utility in June 1869.^[1] Construction of the dam and reservoir was completed in 1884.^[1]

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