Nœux-les-Mines
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Bethune | |
| Canton | Nœux-les-Mines (main town) | |
| Community association | Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys novels | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 29 ′ N , 2 ° 40 ′ E | |
| height | 23-76 m | |
| surface | 8.84 km 2 | |
| Residents | 12,074 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,366 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62290 | |
| INSEE code | 62617 | |
Nœux-les-Mines is a French commune with 12,074 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It is the capital of the canton of the same name with around 25,000 inhabitants.
history
The first known name of today's Nœux-les-Mines was Vitris in the 4th century . This settlement was destroyed by the Normans in 882 . In the 10th century, a new village was built on the same site, which was named Noewe . It was in the small province of La Gohelle , which itself was part of the province of Artois . Agriculture was the main activity in the area around the village , but there are also indications that related activities such as milling , sugar- making or brewing beer were carried out.
Due to spelling mistakes, Noewe became Noeux-lez-Béthune in the course of time . After an underground coal deposit was discovered in 1850 and work began on the first coal mine in 1851 - at that time Noeux had around 1,100 inhabitants - the place received its current mining -related name in 1887 . The community has since experienced a strong increase in residents up to 14070 in 1962. The coal mines were closed between 1956 and 1968.
One of the old dumps was converted into an artificial ski slope , which went into operation in 1996.
Personalities
Nœux-les-Mines is the birth town of the French soccer player Raymond Kopa (1931-2017) and from 1925 was the residence of the Polish- born French painter Ladislas Kijno .
