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Étançon Mine
The Etançon mine (or n° 13 ''bis'' mine) is one of the main mines of the Ronchamp coal mines, in the commune of Ronchamp, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Burgundy-Franche-Comté region of France. It is the only mine in the Ronchamp and Champagney coalfields, coalfield dug in the 20th century, and also the only one dug by Électricité de France. It operated from 1950 to 1958, when the Outcrop, outcrops were brought back into production. By extending mining for a further ten years, it made it easier for miners to retire. After its closure, it was dismantled and left to fall into disrepair before being incorporated into the outcrop footpath in 1997. Between 1999 and 2000, the site was cleared by an association, before becoming an industrial tourism site at the beginning of the 21st century. Situation before excavation When the French coal industry was Nationalization, nationalized in 1946, the Ronchamp and Champagney coalfields, Ronchamp coalfield was entrusted to Électricità ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region came into existence on 1 January 2016, after the regional elections of December 2015, electing 100 members to the Regional Council of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The region covers an area of and eight departments; it had a population of 2,811,423 in 2017. Its prefecture and largest city is Dijon, although the regional council sits in Besançon, making Bourgogne-Franche-Comté one of two regions in France (along with Normandy) in which the prefect does not sit in the same city as the regional council. Toponymy The text of the territorial reform law gives interim names for most of the merged regions, combining the names of their constituent regions separated by hyphens. Permanent names would be proposed by the new regional councils an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
