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Comité Central Des Houillères De France
The Comité Central des Houillères de France (CCHF, Central Committee of Coalowners of France) was an industrial lobby group that represented the interests of the owners of coal mines. It was active between 1887 and 1940, when the Vichy government dissolved it and placed the coal industry under government control. Origins A first attempt to unite the coalowners of the Loire region to defend their common interests was made in 1822, but did not last. The Union des Houillères françaises was formed in 1840 to promote the interests of the national mines and defend their common interests. It had a committee supported by a secretary in Paris who maintained records and responded to requests. The union also did not last long. The Comité des Houillères Françaises was organized from 1855 to 1869 by Amédée Burat (1809–83), a professor at the École Centrale Paris and consulting engineer to the Blanzy and Le Creusot mines. This committee provided a center for publications. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Rozet
Auguste René Rozet (1858–1939) was a French sculptor and medalist. He produced portrait medallions, portrait busts, Tympanum (architecture), tympanum, and statuettes. A common subject of his work was children. Biography He was born on 14 May 1858 in Paris. Rozet studied with Pierre-Jules Cavelier, Charles Joshua Chaplin, Guillaume Charles Tasset, and Aimé Millet. In 1905, he was elected as a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. In 1912, he was honored with the Legion of Honour award. In 1927, at the Salon des Artistes Français he won the Hors concours, a gold medal. His work is in museum collections, including at the Musée d'Orsay, and Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest), Museum of Applied Arts. His daughter was artist Fanny Rozet. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rozet, René 1858 births 1939 deaths Artists from Paris French medallists French sculptors 20th-century French sculptors 19th-century French sculptors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Plichon 1913
Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean Pierre Polnareff, a fictional character from ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' Places * Jean, Nevada, USA; a town * Jean, Oregon, USA Entertainment * Jean (dog), a female collie in silent films * "Jean" (song) (1969), by Rod McKuen, also recorded by Oliver * ''Jean Seberg'' (musical), a 1983 musical by Marvin Hamlisch Other uses * JEAN (programming language) * USS ''Jean'' (ID-1308), American cargo ship c. 1918 * Sternwheeler Jean, a 1938 paddleboat of the Willamette River See also *Jehan * * Gene (other) * Jeanne (other) * Jehanne (other) * Jeans (other) * John (other) John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aniche
Aniche (; pcd, In-niche) is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. The commune, located in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais mining area, long lived on the mining of coal with fourteen pits on its territory. Eleven pits were owned by the Aniche Mining Company and three by the ''Compagnie des mines d'Azincourt'' (Agincourt Mining Company). The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Anichois'' or ''Anichoises''. History Middle Ages *In the early 12th century, Marchiennes Abbey owned the altar and tithes which had previously been owned by Anselm le Barbu, Count of Ostrevant, and his successors *On 27 April 1181, Philippe, Count of Flanders and Vermandois, was at the Saint-Martin of Aniche basilica in the presence of the relics of the Virgin Eusebia. He regulated the rights of the Abbey on tithing. *In 1209, Bauduin of Obrechicourt, knight, waived his rights for tithes from Aniche. *In 1219, Robert, sire of Aniche, made an award in favour of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alès
Alès (; oc, Alès) is a Communes of France, commune in the Gard Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie regions of France, region in southern France. It is one of the Subprefectures in France, sub-prefectures of the department. It was formerly known as ''Alais''. Geography Alès lies north-northwest of Nîmes, on the left bank of the river Gardon d'Alès, which half surrounds it. It is located at the foot of the Cévennes, near the Cévennes National Park. Alès station has rail connections to Nîmes, Mende and Clermont-Ferrand. History Alès may be the modern successor of Arisitum, where, in about 570, Sigebert I, Sigebert, King of Austrasia, created a bishopric. In his campaign against the Visigoths, the Merovingian dynasty, Merovingian king Theudebert I (533–548) conquered part of the territory of the Diocese of Nîmes. His later successor Sigebert set up the new diocese, comprising fifteen parishes in the area controlled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahun
Ahun (; oc, Aiun) is a Communes of France, commune in the Creuse Departments of France, department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in central France. Geography A farming area comprising the village and several hamlets situated in the valley of the Creuse (river), Creuse, some southeast of Guéret, at the junction of the D942, D13 and the D18. It was the ancient Rome, Roman site of ''Acitodunum'', an important town on the route between Limoges and Clermont-Ferrand. Population Sights * The viaduct carrying the railway 57m over the river, built by Lloyds and Nordling in 1864. * The church of St.Sylvain, dating from the twelfth century. * Three fifteenth century chateaux. Personalities * Saint Silvanus of Ahun (''Silvain''), martyred and buried in the village. * Jean Auclair, politician. See also *Communes of the Creuse department References External links Ahun on the Quid website {{authority control Communes of Creuse Lemovices County of La Marche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compagnie Minière De Carmaux
The Compagnie minière de Carmaux (Carmaux Mining Company), or Société des mines de Carmaux, was one of the first coal mining companies in France. It was founded in 1752 in the isolated Carmaux basin. The company was at first slow to expand and modernize, but grew much faster after the introduction of a railway connection in the 1850s. A strike in 1892 drew national attention and had an important impact on French labour relations. By 1900 there were almost 3,500 miners and 500,000 tons of coal were produced each year. Demands increased with the two world wars of the 20th century, and foreign miners were brought in to compensate for shortage of French laborers. The company was nationalized in 1946. Background The Carmaux-Albi coal basin is in the Tarn department in the south of France between the towns of Carmaux in the north and Albi in the south. A railway line connects these two towns, and extends from Carmaux eastward to Rodez and from Albi westward to Toulouse. The Carmaux c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Reille
Baron René Charles Reille-Soult-Dalmatie (4 February 1835 – 21 November 1898) was a French soldier, industrialist and politician. He came from a wealthy military family with mining interests in the south of France. He served in the army until 1869, then went into national politics. He aligned with the right wing Bonapartist group during the French Second Republic. Early years René Charles Reille-Soult-Dalmatie was born on 4 February 1835 in Paris, the third son of Marshal Honoré Charles Reille. His mother was Victoire Masséna, daughter of Marshal André Masséna. He enrolled in the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr and became a second lieutenant at the Staff College on 1 January 1856. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1856 and captain in 1858. Reille served as a captain in the Second Italian War of Independence in 1859, and was aide-de-camp to Marshal Jacques Louis Randon and then to Marshal Adolphe Niel, whom he followed to the Ministry of War. Count Reille married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Plichon
Jean Plichon (14 June 1863 – 22 September 1936) was a French industrialist and politician. He trained as a mining engineer. When his father died in 1888 he inherited the presidency of the Bethune mining company and also replaced his father as deputy for the Nord department. He remained head of the Bethune mining company and a member of the legislature or senate for most of the remainder of his life. He advocated protectionist policies throughout his career. Early years (1863–88) Jean Ignace Alexis Winoc Plichon was born on 14 June 1863 in Bailleul, Nord. He came from a well-established bourgeois family of French Westhoek. He was the son of Charles Ignace Plichon (1814–88) and Marie Constance Boitelle (1840–94), and brother of Pierre Plichon (1865–1936). His mother was the daughter of Alexis Boitelle, one of the main founders of the coal industry in the Nord department. His father was seen as the representative of the four interrelated landholding dynasties in the regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musée Social
The ''Musée social'' was a private French institution founded in 1894. In the early twentieth century it became an important center of research into topics such as city planning, social housing and labor organization. For many years it played an important role in influencing government policy. Origins The original purpose of the ''Musée social'' was to preserve documents from the Social Economy pavilion of the Exposition Universelle (1889). This exposition, one hundred years after the French Revolution, had recorded the many changes in thought about the organization of society that had followed. The project to create the museum came from a meeting of Jules Siegfried, Léon Say and Émile Cheysson with count Joseph Dominique Aldebert de Chambrun in 1894. The count decided to devote his fortune to the foundation, which was officially inaugurated in March 1895. Although called a museum, in fact it became a research institute. Jules Siegfried was president, Émile Cheysson and Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Société De Commentry, Fourchambault Et Decazeville
The Société de Commentry, Fourchambault et Decazeville was an integrated coal, iron and steel company in France. Background In 1817 Jean-Georges Dufaud Père, director of the Grossouvre foundry in Cher (department), Cher, visited Wales on a commercial visit and noted the iron-making technology in use there. That year the Trezi foundry at Grossouvre was adapted to manufacturing iron using Welsh techniques, and delivered the first products in 1818. In 1819 the leases of the Grossouvre site and factories were ceded to Boigues & Fils, iron merchant in Paris, and M. Labbé. They decided to find a new site on the Loire to which it would be easier to transport coal, and decided on Fourchambault in Nièvre. A dock was built for cargo boats, and the Loire provided water for the steam engines. Construction of the factory at Fourchambault began in 1821. The Charbonnières Raveaux and Cramain furnaces became annexes to the new building, and Boigues & Fils collected several furnaces from Niv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
