mines can be classified according to the ore extracted: fuels (coal, hydrocarbons, gas), metals (iron, copper) and minerals (salt, sulphur, potash). The term "barriers" is used for construction materials: sand, clay, gypsum, limestone, etc. Apart from the meulières, which were quarries used to manufacture millstones for mills.

At XIX - 20th century, France drew from its subsoil important resources that enabled its industrial and commercial growth, notably through the coal-iron pair that allowed the industrial revolution.

Here you will find an inventory of the 66 elements of the mining heritage classified as historic monuments.

It seemed essential to us to present them to you by region and by>