Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin

Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin is an area of great architectural and landscape diversity.
LocationNord-Pas-de-Calais, France
Includes108 components
CriteriaCultural: (ii), (iv), (vi)
Reference1360
Inscription2012 (36th Session)
Area3,943 ha (9,740 acres)
Buffer zone18,804 ha (46,470 acres)
Coordinates50°27′45″N 3°32′46″E / 50.46250°N 3.54611°E / 50.46250; 3.54611
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin is located in France
Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
Location of Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin in France

The Nord-Pas-de-Calais Mining Basin is a mining basin in Northern France that stretches across the Nord and Pas-de-Calais departments. The region is famous for its long history of coal extraction and its testimony to a significant period in the history of industrialisation in Europe, and as a result it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2012.[1] This area has been shaped by three centuries of coal extraction from the late 17th century through the 20th century, and demonstrates the evolution of coal mining techniques and worker conditions during that time.[1]

Nord-Pas de Calais mining basin location on French coal basins map.
  1. ^ a b "Nord-Pas-de-Calais". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 4 December 2021.