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A farming village suddenly seized by industry. That's what happened to Denain. It was following a peaceful way of life when the discovery of coal deposits in 1828 suddenly made it an important industrial centre. The town had 15 mines; the last one, the Renard pit, was closed in 1948 but its earthworks still dominate the little city that Emile Zola chose to document it before writing Germinal.
Tourist attractions Denain : Things to see and do
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Jean-Bart Miners' Estate
Avenue Villars F - 59860 Denain
A building dating from 1852 still remains of this old mining estate, now the academy of music. The miner poet, Jules Mousseron (1868-1943) used to live here.
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Ernestine Estate
138-140 rue Ludovic-Trarieux F - 59860 Denain
The estate is composed of groups of around twenty dwellings.
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Renard Slag Heap
Rue Pierre-Bériot F - 59860 Denain
The landscape of the Nord region is naturally flat but modified somewhat by slag heaps, some as much as 100m high. Since they fell into disuse, they have been developed in other ways: trees have been planted or sports equipment installed so that peop..
