Grenay (; pcd, Guernay) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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in the
Pas-de-Calais department in the
Hauts-de-France region of
France
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. It is part of the
arrondissement of Lens, the
canton of Wingles and the
Communaupole de Lens-Liévin. Its population was 6,799 in 2019.
[Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019]
INSEE The current mayor is Christian Champire, elected in 2020.
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Geography
An ex- coalmining and light industrial town situated some northwest of Lens
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, at the junction of the D165 and the D58.
Coal mining
Excavation of the Mine 11 at Grenay by the Compagnie des mines de Béthune
The Compagnie des mines de Béthune, sometimes called the sometimes called the Compagnie de Grenay after the name of the concession, was a French coal mining company in the Pas-de-Calais that was established in 1851 and nationalized in 1946.
The co ...
began in October 1904.
Excavation of the Shaft 11bis, for ventilation, began in May 1906.
Extraction started in April 1908.
The shafts were back-filled in 1967 and the surface installions destroyed in 1969.
Population
Places of interest
* The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eighteenth century.
* The church of St.Louise, dating from the twentieth century.
* The war memorial and the CWGC graves.
* An extremely old tree.
Twin town
* Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, Ireland
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* Ruddington
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, Nottinghamshire
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, United Kingdom
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National Gerald Day 21 September
References
External links
Official town website
CWGC cemetery
Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
Communes of Pas-de-Calais
Artois
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