Grand-Hornu

View of the central plaza at the Grand-Hornu

Grand-Hornu is an old industrial coal mining complex and company town (cité ouvrière) in (Boussu), near Mons, in Belgium. It was built by between 1810 and 1830. It is a unique example of functional town-planning. Today it is owned by the province of Hainaut, which houses temporary exhibitions in the buildings. It is one of the four industrial sites which were listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2012

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Official website
Grand-Hornu at 365.be

Coordinates: 50°26′7″N 3°50′22″E / 50.43528°N 3.83944°E / 50.43528; 3.83944

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v t Major Mining Sites of Wallonia (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
Grand-Hornu Bois-du-Luc Bois du Cazier Blegny-Mine
See also: List of World Heritage Sites in Belgium • European Route of Industrial Heritage

v t World Heritage Sites in Belgium
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier¹ Belfries of Belgium and France² Flemish Béguinages Four Lifts on the Canal du Centre and their Environs Historic Centre of Brugge La Grand-Place, Brussels Major Mining Sites of Wallonia Major town houses of the architect Victor Horta Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai Plantin-Moretus House-Workshops-Museum Complex Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe³ Stoclet House
¹ Listing shared with six other countries, which includes Belgium's Maison Guiette; ² Listing shared with France; ³ Listing shared with seventeen other countries, which include's Belgium's Sonian Forest.