La Levée de la Divatte

The Divatte levee is the last Loire levee completed at the end of the 19th century between Basse Goulaine and La Chapelle Basse Mer (Divatte/Loire), passing through St Julien de Concelles.

The Divatte levee, the last of the Loire levees, was built to contain the vagaries of the Loire and allow market gardening to flourish. The Divatte levee is the last of the Loire levees, completed in 1856 and built over a distance of almost 16 km from Saint Sébastien to La Chapelle Basse Mer (Divatte sur Loire) to contain the land from the ravaging floods of the river and allow crops to develop. It is named after the little river "La Divatte" on the border between the departments of Loire-Atlantique and Maine-et-Loire, the historic border between Brittany and Anjou.