Voies navigables de France

Voies navigables de France

Abbreviation	VNF
Predecessor	Office National de la Navigation
Formation	1991
Headquarters	175 rue Ludovic Boutleux 62400 Béthune
President	Laurent Hénart
Director general	Thierry Guimbaud
Staff	4000
Website	http://www.vnf.fr/

Voies navigables de France (VNF, English: Navigable Waterways of France) is the French navigation authority responsible for the management of the majority of France's inland waterways network and the associated facilities—towpaths, commercial and leisure ports, lock-keeper's houses and other structures. VNF was established in 1991 and took over the responsibility for all waterways from the National Office of Navigation (French: Office National de la Navigation) in 1993. It is a public body and is under the control of the Minister of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Territorial Development (French: Ministère de l'Écologie, de l'Energie, du Développement durable et de l'Aménagement du territoire). The headquarters of VNF are in Béthune, Pas-de-Calais with local offices throughout France.