Montceau-les-Mines
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Montceau-les-Mines is a commune
in the Saône-et-Loire
department in the region
of Bourgogne
in eastern France
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It is the second-largest commune of the metropolitan Communauté urbaine Creusot-Montceau, which lies southwest of the city of Dijon
.
Montceau-les-mines is an ancient mining city. Some coal was discovered in the XVIth Century. The hamlet called "Le Montceau" developed from this discovery.
"Le Montceau" definitively became a city after the building of the channel of the centre in 1791 and after a company called "compagnie des mines" started to extract coals. A graveyard and a church was built by the company, a sign of paternalism of mining industry.
The coal made the city presperous until 1918. During the War, the production reached 2786000 tons. There were about 30 000 inhabitants.
After the war, the production started to decrease and stopped in 1992.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire
Saône-et-Loire is a French department, named after the Saône and the Loire rivers between which it lies.-History:When it was formed during the French Revolution, as of March 4, 1790 in fulfillment of the law of December 22, 1789, the new department combined parts of the provinces of southern...
department in the region
Régions of France
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of Bourgogne
Bourgogne
Burgundy is one of the 27 regions of France.The name comes from the Burgundians, an ancient Germanic people who settled in the area in early Middle-age. The region of Burgundy is both larger than the old Duchy of Burgundy and smaller than the area ruled by the Dukes of Burgundy, from the modern...
in eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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It is the second-largest commune of the metropolitan Communauté urbaine Creusot-Montceau, which lies southwest of the city of Dijon
Dijon
Dijon is a city in eastern France, the capital of the Côte-d'Or département and of the Burgundy region.Dijon is the historical capital of the region of Burgundy. Population : 151,576 within the city limits; 250,516 for the greater Dijon area....
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Montceau-les-mines is an ancient mining city. Some coal was discovered in the XVIth Century. The hamlet called "Le Montceau" developed from this discovery.
"Le Montceau" definitively became a city after the building of the channel of the centre in 1791 and after a company called "compagnie des mines" started to extract coals. A graveyard and a church was built by the company, a sign of paternalism of mining industry.
The coal made the city presperous until 1918. During the War, the production reached 2786000 tons. There were about 30 000 inhabitants.
After the war, the production started to decrease and stopped in 1992.