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France : Grand Est

2.2 km (1.4 miles) SSE of Bayonville-sur-Mad, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Grand Est, France
Approx. altitude: 362 m (1187 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 49°S 174°W

Accuracy: 3 m (9 ft)
Quality: good

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#2: View to the East #3: View to the South #4: View to the West #6: GPS reading #7: Ground Zero #8: The Confluence Hunter #9: Confluence mushrooms #10: Hotel de Ville (City Hall) of Pagny-sur-Moselle

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  49°N 6°E (visit #10)  

#1: View to the North

(visited by Rainer Mautz)

03-Feb-2018 -- This is the 1st out of 2 reports reaching confluence points during a weekend bicycle trip from Nancy to Strasbourg.

February is clearly the month for skiing in Switzerland. But I don’t get the point why I should squash in a ski-lift in order to slide down a mountain afterwards. So I escaped to France, where these two confluence points were waiting to be discovered by me.

Friday after work I took local trains from Zurich to Nancy, arriving there on the vigil of confluence-day at 9 PM during rain and snow. So I stayed in a hotel directly at Nancy main station. The next morning at daybreak I started cycling towards this confluence point – the weather was dry and calm. I covered the 50 km from Nancy to this confluence within 3 hours – thereby following entirely the bicycle paths along the Mosel Valley. Due to high-water, the path was flooded such that I had to cycle partially through water. When I had reached Pagny-sur-Moselle (3 km from CP), I had to leave the valley and climb up the forested plateau of the Parc Naturel Régional de Lorraine. Following various muddy or flooded forest tracks, I reached the confluence point at 10:30 AM.

This confluence point is one of those located right next to a forest track. I wonder why so many points are on roads or tracks. Since I don’t assume any correlation between confluence points and the road network, the reason must be found in the presence of an extremely dense infrastructure network within Europe.

I measured that the confluence is 5 m from the track in a deciduous forest – now of course without leafs. The trees are partially covered with moss and lichen.

After the visit, I continued cycling along the Mosel Valley to Metz, where I had lunch. In the afternoon, I reached 49°N 7°E during dusk. But in order to get meaningful pictures of the confluence, I planned on staying in the nearby town Sarralbe and return the next morning.

CP Visit Details:

  • Distance from Pagny-sur-Moselle: 3 km
  • Distance from a road: 1.7 km
  • Distance from a track: 5 m
  • Time to reach the CP from Pagny-sur-Moselle: 20 minutes
  • Time at the CP: 10:31 AM
  • Measured height: 362 m
  • Minimal distance according to GPS: 0 m
  • Position accuracy: 3 m
  • Topography: hilly
  • Vegetation: deciduous forest, moss, lichen, mashrooms
  • Weather: overcast, 3° C (felt temperature)
  • Given Name: The High-Water Confluence

The story continues at 49°N 7°E.


 All pictures
#1: The Confluence from 10 m distance
#1: View to the North
#2: View to the East
#3: View to the South
#4: View to the West
#6: GPS reading
#7: Ground Zero
#8: The Confluence Hunter
#9: Confluence mushrooms
#10: Hotel de Ville (City Hall) of Pagny-sur-Moselle
ALL: All pictures on one page