Criteria ii, iv, vi UNESCO region Europe | Type Cultural Reference 1360 UNESCO World Heritage Site inscription 2012 | |
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Points of interest Côte d'Opale, Nausicaä Centre National, Louvre‑Lens, Canadian National Vimy Me, Aqualud Destinations Lille, Calais, Dunkirk, Arras, Le Touquet | ||
Nord-Pas-de-Calais Mining Basin is an area of France that has been added to the 2012 UNESCO World Heritage Sites list. This area has been shaped after three centuries of coal extraction from 18th century to 20th century and illustrates a significant period in the history of industrialisation in Europe.
Map of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
The 109 components of the World Heritage area include mining pits, lift infrastructure (headgears...), slag heaps, coal transport infrastructure, railway stations, workers’ estates and mining villages including social habitat, schools, religious buildings, health and community facilities, company premises, owners and managers’ houses, town halls.
References
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA