Ferrière-la-Grande

Ferrière-la-Grande
Ferrière-la-Grande
Commune
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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
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Philippe Dronsart
Area 1	10.01 km2 (3.86 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	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]

Heraldry[]

	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.)