Vosges and Jura coal mining basins

Vosges and Jura coal mining basins locations on French coal basins map.

The Vosges and Jura coal mining basins are an area of France located between two mountain ranges, that has been shaped by four centuries of coal extraction from the 16th Century to the 20th Century. It includes four coal basins in three geographic locations.

Basins and concessions[]

The four coal bassins :

Jura coal bassin

Stephanian-Under-Vosgian coal bassin

Keuperian coal bassin

Villé valley coal bassin

On the east side of the Vosges[]

Villé valley coal basin

Lalaye concession, exploited (first half of 19th century),
Erlenbach concession, exploited (first half of 19th century),
Saint-Hippolyte concession, exploited (1747 to mid-19th century),
Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines concession, exploited (first half of 19th century).

Between the Vosges and the Jura[]

Stephanian-Under-Vosgian coal basin

Ronchamp, Champagney and Eboulet concessions, exploited by Ronchamp coal mines (1744-1958),
Mourière concession, exploited (1844-1891),
Lomont concession, unexploited (1904),
Saint-Germain concession, unexploited (1914).