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Sallaumines
Sallaumines (; pcd, Sallaumine or ''Sallau'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France. Administration Sallaumines belongs to the Lens-Liévin intercommunality which consists of 36 communes, with a total population of 250,000 inhabitants. History The history of the area remains marked by the Courrières mine disaster which caused 1099 deaths on 10 March 1906 on the territories of Billy-Montigny, Méricourt and Sallaumines. On 18 June 1916 Max Immelmann, the first German World War I flying ace, was killed by the British 25 Squadron Royal Flying Corps while flying over the area. Population Geography Its nearby communes are Méricourt to the southeast, Avion to the southwest, Lens to the west, Loison-sous-Lens to the north, Harnes to the northeast and Montigny-en-Gohelle to the east. Transportation The A21 motorway passes north of the town. Sallaumines has a train station (''Gare de Sallaumines'') on the line from Lens to Lille, and another one (''Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gare De Lens
Lens ( French: ''Gare de Lens'') is a railway station in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France. The building was built in 1926–1927 to resemble a steam locomotive with a tower as the chimney. The architect was Urbain Cassan. In December 1984 it was listed as a French National Heritage Site (''Monument historique''). Services The station is served by high speed trains to Paris and regional trains to Lille, Douai, Arras, Béthune, Calais and Dunkerque. References Lens A lens is a transmissive optical device which focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction. A simple lens consists of a single piece of transparent material, while a compound lens consists of several simple lenses (''elements''), ... Railway stations in France opened in 1927 Monuments historiques of Pas-de-Calais Lens, Pas-de-Calais {{NordPasdeCalais-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communes Of Pas-de-Calais
The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. * * * |
Communes Of The Pas-de-Calais Department
The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):BANATIC Périmètre des EPCI à fiscalité propre. Accessed 3 July 2020. * * * |
Wodzisław Śląski
Wodzisław Śląski (; german: Loslau, cs, Vladislav, la, Vladislavia, yi, וואידסלוב, Voydislav, szl, Władźisłůw) is a city in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland with 47,992 inhabitants (2019). It is the seat of Wodzisław County. It was previously in Katowice Voivodeship (1975–1998); close to the border with the Czech Republic, about south of Warsaw and about west of Kraków, on the southern outskirts of the metropolitan area known as the Upper Silesian Coal Basin. Geography Location Wodzisław Śląski is an urban gmina in the south-eastern part of Upper Silesia, now in Silesian Voivodeship in south Poland, within the south portion of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin. It borders the towns of Pszów, Radlin and villages Marklowice, Mszana, Godów, Gorzyce and Lubomia. It lies between the Vistula and Oder rivers, near Czech border in the foreground Moravian Gate. Several rivers flow through the city, the major two being the Leśnica and "Zawadka" rivers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipality Of Trbovlje
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The Municipality of Trbovlje (; sl, Občina Trbovlje) is a municipality in central Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Trbovlje. Settlements In addition to the municipal seat of Trbovlje, the municipality also includes the following settlements: * Čebine * Čeče * Dobovec * Gabrsko * Klek * Ključevica * Knezdol * Ojstro * Ostenk * Planinska Vas * Prapreče * Retje nad Trbovljami * Škofja Riža * Sveta Planina * Vrhe * Završje * Župa References External links * Municipality of Trbovlje website Trbovlje Trbovlje (; german: Trifail''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 58.) is Slovenia's tenth-largest town, and the seat of the Municipality ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courrières Mine Disaster
The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst mining accident, caused the death of 1,099 miners in Northern France on 10 March 1906. This disaster was surpassed only by the Benxihu Colliery accident in China on 26 April 1942, which killed 1,549 miners. A coaldust explosion, the cause of which is not known with certainty, devastated a coal mine operated by the ''Compagnie des mines de houille de Courrières''. Victims lived nearby in the villages of Méricourt (404 people killed), Sallaumines (304 killed), Billy-Montigny (114 people killed), and Noyelles-sous-Lens (102 people killed). The mine was 2 km (1 mi) to the east of Lens, in the Pas-de-Calais département'' (about 220 km, or 140 miles, north of Paris). A large explosion was heard shortly after 06:30 on the morning of Saturday 10 March 1906. An elevator cage at Shaft 3 was thrown to the surface, damaging the pit-head; windows and roofs were blown out on the surface at Shaft 4; an elevator cage rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy-Montigny
Billy-Montigny (; pcd, Bili-Montini) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography An ex-coalmining industrial town situated just east of the centre of Lens at the junction of the N43 and D46 roads. The coal lasted just over 100 years, the last pits closing in the 1960s. Population Sights * The church of St. Martin, dating from the nineteenth century. * The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery. History The history of the area remains marked by the Courrières mine disaster which resulted in 1,099 casualties on 10 March 1906 in the area of the communes of Billy-Montigny, Méricourt and Sallaumines. Personalities Georges Lech and Bernard Lech, footballers. International relations The commune is twinned with: * Trzebinia, Poland * Reggello, Italy * Bonen, Germany See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Méricourt, Pas-de-Calais
Méricourt () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Méricourt is a former coal mining town, nowadays a farming and light industrial town, southeast of Lens, at the junction of the D33, D40 and the D262 roads. The commune is part of the canton of Avion. History The history of the region remains marked by the Courrières mine disaster, which left 1,099 dead on 10 March 1906. The communes affected were Méricourt, Billy-Montigny, Noyelles-sous-Lens and Sallaumines. 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 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 th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Immelmann
Max Immelmann (21 September 1890 – 18 June 1916) '' PLM'' was the first German World War I flying ace.Shores, 1983, p. 10. He was a pioneer in fighter aviation and is often mistakenly credited with the first aerial victory using a synchronized gun, which was in fact achieved on 1 July 1915 by the German ace Kurt Wintgens. He was the first aviator to receive the ''Pour le Mérite'' (colloquially known as the "Blue Max" in his honour), being awarded it at the same time as Oswald Boelcke. His name has become attached to a common flying tactic, the Immelmann turn, and remains a byword in aviation. He is credited with 15 aerial victories. Early life Max Immelmann was born on 21 September 1890, in Dresden, to an industrialist father who died when Max was young. In 1905 he was enrolled in the Dresden Cadet School. He joined the ''Eisenbahnregiment (Railway Regiment) Nr. 2'' in 1911 as an Ensign,Franks et al. 1993, pp. 134–135. in pursuit of a commission. He left the army in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lugau
Lugau is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 17 km east of Zwickau, and 17 km southwest of Chemnitz. The town has partnerships with Sallaumines (France) and Penzberg Penzberg (; Central Bavarian: ''Benschberg'') is a city (although some see it as a town) in the Weilheim-Schongau district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is located about 50 km south of Munich, and had a population of around 17,000 in 2020. A histo ... (Bavaria). Stadt Lugau References Erzgebirgskreis {{Erzgebirgskreis-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communauté D'agglomération De Lens – Liévin
The Communauté d'agglomération de Lens – Liévin is the ''communauté d'agglomération'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the cities of Lens and Liévin. It is located in the Pas-de-Calais department, in the Hauts-de-France region, northern France. It was created in January 2000.CA de Lens - Liévin (N° SIREN : 246200364) BANATIC, accessed 6 April 2022. It adopted the name Communaupole on June 25, 2004. Its area is 239.4 km2. Its population was 241,703 in 2018, of which 31,606 in Lens and 30,423 in Liévin.Comparateur de territoire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torez
Chystiakove ( uk, Чистякове, ), formerly Torez ( uk, Торез), is a city of regional significance in the Donetsk Oblast in Ukraine. The city is a center of the regional coal industry and much of its economy relies on mining industries, despite a recent drop in the number of employed miners. The city has a population of Settled in 1778, the city was named Chystiakove in 1868. It was renamed Torez in 1964 for Maurice Thorez, a leader of the French Communist Party. In 2016, the Ukrainian parliament restored the historical name "Chystiakove" due to Ukrainian decommunization laws. Pro-Russian separatists took control of Chystiakove in June 2014.Letters From Donbas |
