Montceau-les-Mines
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| region | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | |
| Department | Saône-et-Loire | |
| Arrondissement | Autun | |
| Canton | Montceau-les-Mines (main town) | |
| Community association | Le Creusot Montceau-les-Mines | |
| Coordinates | 46 ° 40 ′ N , 4 ° 22 ′ E | |
| height | 274-326 m | |
| surface | 16.62 km 2 | |
| Residents | 18,398 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,107 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 71300 | |
| INSEE code | 71306 | |
| Website | http://www.montceaulesmines.fr/ | |
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Montceau-les-Mines is a French commune with 18,398 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Saone-et-Loire in the region of Bourgogne Franche-Comté . The city is located on the Canal du Center canal and the River Bourbince, which runs parallel to it .
The city, first mentioned in 1266, is located in an area in which coal mining has been practiced since the early 19th century , initially in Blanzy and a few other neighboring communities and from 1820 in the municipality of Montceau itself. In 1884 around 6,500 people, almost every fourth inhabitant, were mining active. In the 1880s, an anarcho-syndicalist group, the Bande noire ("Black Gang"), split off from the trade union movement and carried out several attacks on church and upper-class people and institutions in Montceau. The last underground mine ceased operations in 1992, and the last opencast mine closed its doors in 2002 .
In 2007 the city was in the press across the country through its football club FC Montceau Bourgogne . The fourth division had defeated the two first division clubs Girondins Bordeaux and RC Lens in the cup and was only eliminated in the semi-finals against FC Sochaux .
Montceau-les-Mines is twin town of Geislingen an der Steige ( Baden-Württemberg ) and the birthplace of the poet and essayist André Frénaud (1907-1991).
The most famous son of the community is the soccer player Julien Stopyra .
Bridge over the Canal du Center
Notre-Dame church and war memorial
Individual evidence
- ^ Jean Maitron: Le mouvement anarchiste en France. Volume 1, 1975, p. 158
Web links
- Official website of the city (French)