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Méricourt is a commune
Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative divisions in the France. The French word commune appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin Medieval commune, meaning a small gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common....
 in the Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais

Pas-de-Calais is a Departments of France in northern France. Its name is the French language equivalent of the Strait of Dover, which it borders....
 department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

court is a former coal mining
Coal mining

Coal mining is the extraction or removal of coal from the earth by mining. When coal is used for fuel in power generation it is referred to as steaming or thermal coal....
 town, nowadays a farming and light industrial town, southeast of Lens, at the junction of the D33, D40 and the D262 roads. Rare for a small town, the commune is split between the two cantons of Avion
Canton of Avion

The Canton of Avion is a Cantons of France situated in the Departments of France of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Regions of France of northern France....
 & Rouvroy
Canton of Rouvroy

The Canton of Rouvroy is a Cantons of France situated in the Departments of France of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Regions of France of northern France....
.

history of the region remains marked by the Courrières mine disaster
Courrières mine disaster

The Courri?res mine disaster, Europe's worst mining accident, caused the death of 1,099 miners in Northern France on 10 March 1906. It seems that this disaster was surpassed only by the Benxihu Colliery accident in China on April 26, 1942, which killed 1,549 miners....
, which left 1,099 dead on March 10 1906.






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Méricourt is a commune
Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative divisions in the France. The French word commune appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin Medieval commune, meaning a small gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common....
 in the Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais

Pas-de-Calais is a Departments of France in northern France. Its name is the French language equivalent of the Strait of Dover, which it borders....
 department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

Geography

Méricourt is a former coal mining
Coal mining

Coal mining is the extraction or removal of coal from the earth by mining. When coal is used for fuel in power generation it is referred to as steaming or thermal coal....
 town, nowadays a farming and light industrial town, southeast of Lens, at the junction of the D33, D40 and the D262 roads. Rare for a small town, the commune is split between the two cantons of Avion
Canton of Avion

The Canton of Avion is a Cantons of France situated in the Departments of France of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Regions of France of northern France....
 & Rouvroy
Canton of Rouvroy

The Canton of Rouvroy is a Cantons of France situated in the Departments of France of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Regions of France of northern France....
.

History

The history of the region remains marked by the Courrières mine disaster
Courrières mine disaster

The Courri?res mine disaster, Europe's worst mining accident, caused the death of 1,099 miners in Northern France on 10 March 1906. It seems that this disaster was surpassed only by the Benxihu Colliery accident in China on April 26, 1942, which killed 1,549 miners....
, which left 1,099 dead on March 10 1906. The communes affected were Méricourt, Billy-Montigny
Billy-Montigny

Billy-Montigny is a Communes of France in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France....
, Noyelles-sous-Lens
Noyelles-sous-Lens

Noyelles-sous-Lens is a Communes of France in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in northern France....
 and Sallaumines
Sallaumines

Sallaumines is a Communes of France of northern France....
.

It was at Méricourt that the memorial to the mining disaster was erected. Since 2006, the memorial has also included an overground pathway retracing the route underground of the survivors who managed to get out of the galleries about three weeks after the collapse and resulting firedamp and dust.

Population

style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Population Evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
13,200 13,416 13,806 13,273 12,330 11,723 11,938
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates


Places of interest

  • The church of St.Martin, rebuilt along with most of the town, after the First World War.
  • The church of St.Barbe, dating from the 19th century.
  • Vestiges of an old chateau
    Château

    A ch?teau is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor or a country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally - and still most frequently - in French language-speaking regions....
    .
  • The memorials.


See also

  • Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department


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