Tescou

Tescou

Tescou

River in southern France

The Tescou (French: Le Tescou) is a tributary of the Tarn in the basin of the Garonne in southern France. It flows 48.8 kilometres (30.3 mi) through the departments of Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne and Haute-Garonne.[1]

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The source is near Gaillac in the Massif Central, and its confluence with the Tarn is near Montauban in the Tarn-et-Garonne department in the Occitanie administrative region.

In 2014 construction work began on the Sivens Dam (Barrage de Sivens), to supply irrigation for local farms.[2][3][4]

On 25 October 2014, Rémi Fraisse, a 21-year-old student protesting against the Sivens Dam across the Tescou, was killed after being hit in the back by a grenade, sparking further violent protests.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - Le Tescou (O49-0430)".
  2. [2]
    Le Figaro, 27 Feb 2014, Barrage/Tarn : expulsion des opposants
  3. [3]
    Libération, 2 May 2014, À Sivens, un autre Dame-des-Landes
  4. [4]
    La Dépêche du Midi 31 August 2014, Semaine cruciale à Sivens pour le projet de barrage
  5. [5]
    The Guardian, 28 October 2014, French Socialists and Greens at odds following death of Sivens dam protester, by Anne Penketh in Paris
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