Mining heritage, quarrying and milling in Nord Pas-de-Calais

Mine
62590 Oignies

Ostricourt pit No. 2 in Oignies is a 20th-century old coal mine, a symbol of the mining basin of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, classified by UNESCO. This industrial site illustrates French mining history and its technical heritage.

Monument
62300 Lens

Memorial dedicated to missing miners, erected in the early twentieth century in the mining city of Lens. Poignant symbol of the industrial history of the Hauts-de-France.

Mining heritage
62750 Loos-en-Gohelle

The hangman's room of pit number 12, built in the late 19th century in Loos-en-Gohelle, is an emblematic vestige of the Lens mines, a witness of the mining industrial era in the Hauts-de-France.

Mining heritage
62300 Lens

The Saint-Pierre parish hall, built between the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Lens, is an emblematic vestige of the mining towns of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, linked to pit n°11 of the Lens mines and classified with historical monuments.

Mine
59135 Wallers

The Arenberg pit, a former 20th-century coal mine in Wallers (Hauts-de-France), is an iconic mining site classified at UNESCO, bearing witness to the industrial history of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais mining basin with its horsepower, workers' towns and unspoilt earthworks.

Mining heritage
62160 Grenay

The Société de rescuing mutuels des travailleurs des mines de Béthune, located in Grenay, Hautes-de-France, is a medical-social building built in the first half of the 20th century for miners. It embodies the social and industrial heritage of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais mining basin, with an architecture adapted to the health needs of workers.

59970 Fresnes-sur-Escaut

The former offices of the Compagnie des mines de Thivencelles and Fresnes-Midi, built at the beginning of the 20th century in Fresnes-sur-Escaut, bear witness to the mining history of Hauts-de-France and the industrial architecture of the time.

59800 Lille

The former headquarters of the Société des Mines de Lens, a neoclassical building of the early twentieth century in Lille, illustrates the industrial golden age of Hauts-de-France by its monumental architecture and its sumptuous decorations.