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

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.

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.

Mine
62590 Libercourt

The mine-image of Oignies pit no.2, located in Libercourt (Hauts-de-France), is a 20th-century coal mine transformed into a UNESCO-listed educational and historical site. It illustrates the mining heritage of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Basin.

Mining heritage
62300 Lens

The Maison syndicat des mineurs de Lens, built at the beginning of the 20th century in Pas-de-Calais, is an emblematic place of the mining workers' struggles, combining Art Deco architecture and social memory in the Hauts-de-France region.

School
62300 Lens

The Jean-Macé de Lens School Group, built between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is an emblematic mining educational complex located in the Hauts-de-France, in the heart of the workers' towns of pit 12.

Mining heritage
62300 Lens

The major mine offices in Lens, built in the first half of the 20th century, were the administrative headquarters of the Compagnie des mines de Lens, the economic heart of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais mining basin. Located in Lens, they symbolize the industrial climax of the region before their destruction in 1916 and their reconstruction in 1930 in an Art Deco style by Louis-Marie Cordonnier.

Minefield
62590 Oignies

The 9-9 bis pit of Dourges in Oignies, an ancient 20th-century coal mine in the Hauts-de-France, is an iconic mining site classified at UNESCO, symbol of regional industrial history.

Minefield
62141 Evin-Malmaison

Pit number 8 - 8 bis des mines de Dourges, located in Evin-Malmaison (Hauts-de-France), is a 20th-century coal mine, emblematic of the mining basin of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, with its horse riding classified at UNESCO and the Historical Monuments.