Ferrière-la-Grande
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Coordinates: 50°15′20″N 3°59′36″E / 50.2556°N 3.9933°ECoordinates: 50°15′20″N 3°59′36″E / 50.2556°N 3.9933°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Nord |
Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
Canton | Maubeuge |
Intercommunality | CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre |
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• Mayor (2014-2020) | Philippe Dronsart |
Area 1 | 10.01 km2 (3.86 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[1] | 5,292 |
• Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 59230 /59680 |
Elevation | 127–184 m (417–604 ft) (avg. 149 m or 489 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Ferrière-la-Grande is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
In 1828 Pierre François Dumont applied for a concession to operate iron mines in the canton of Maubeuge, and for authorization to establish two iron furnaces at Ferrière-la-Grande powered by steam.[2] Dumont founded the factories at Ferrière-la-grande in 1830, the first coke-fired blast furnaces in the north of France to produce and mould pig-iron from the local minerals.[3] By decree of 23 April 1859 Dumont was granted a concession to build a railway line to link the factories Ferrière-la-Grande to the Saint-Quentin line at Erquelinnes. The line was built on land acquired by Dumont or expropriated on the grounds of public utility.[4]
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The arms of Ferrière-la-Grande are blazoned : Quarterly 1&4: Argent, 3 fesses gules; 2&3: Argent, 3 wagoner's axes top 2 addorsed gules. [5](Bermerain, Étrœungt, Féron, Ferrière-la-Grande, Lez-Fontaine, Rousies, Solre-le-Château and Solrinnes use the same arms.)
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References[]
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
- ^ Barbier & Daviet 1989, p. 217.
- ^ Bulletin de le Societe ... 1890, p. 265.
- ^ Carnot 1881, p. 367.
- ^ Arms of the families of Croÿ-Solre and Croÿ-Renty quartered
Sources[]
- Barbier, Frédéric; Daviet, Jean-Pierre (1989), Le patronat du Nord sous le Second Empire: une approche prosopographique, Librairie Droz, ISBN 978-2-600-03408-1, retrieved 2017-08-19
- "Etablissements metallurgiques de Ferrière-la-grande", Bulletin de le Societe de l'Industrie Minerale (in French), IV, Société de l'industrie minérale, 1890, retrieved 2017-10-28
- Carnot, Sadi (1881), Annales des ponts et chaussees. 2. partie: Partie administrative (in French), retrieved 2017-10-28
- INSEE commune file
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