Négra Lock (French: écluse de Négra) is a single chamber lock on the Canal du Midi near the village of Villefranche-de-Lauragais in Languedoc, France. There is a small chapel at the lock and also a small red-brick aqueduct which carries the canal over the Thésauque, a tributary of the Hers.
| Négra | |
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| 43°25′7″N 1°38′28″E / 43.41861°N 1.64111°E | |
| Waterway | Canal du Midi |
| Country | France |
| Maintained by | Voies navigables de France |
| Operation | Hydraulic |
| First built | c1670 |
| Above sea level | 166m |
| Distance to Toulouse | 33.3km |
Négra Lock is at an altitude of 166m and is ascending when travelling west–east. The adjacent locks are Laval Lock to the east and Sanglier Lock to the west.
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