Vermelles
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Vermelles (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2]
Geography
Vermelles is situated Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Béthune and Script error: No such module "convert". southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D39, D75 and D943 roads and by the banks of the river Surgeon.
Coal mining
Vermelles was the second extraction site used by the Compagnie des mines de Béthune. Excavation of Mine 3 in Vermelles began in January 1857, reaching a rugged, steeply inclined deposit of coal at Script error: No such module "convert".. Extraction started in July 1860. Air compressors were installed in Mine 3 1877. This proved the company's most productive mine, with a total of 1,525,000 tons. Excavation of Mine 4 at Vermelles started in October 1865 and reached coal at Script error: No such module "convert".. Extraction started in 1867. Mine 4 was abandoned in 1876 because the very irregular deposit at Script error: No such module "convert". seemed unusable. There was a lot of firedamp compared to other mines. Mine 4 was reopened and extraction resumed at Script error: No such module "convert". in 1911. The main shaft reached Script error: No such module "convert"..Template:Sfn
During World War I (1914–18) the Germans were stopped just to the east of Vermelles.Template:Sfn Mine 4 was recovered in December 1914.Template:Sfn Barricades were built as early as 1916 along the main axes of the mine complex so it could be defended while allowing ventilation and the passage of men. Mines 3 and 4 in Vermelles were isolated from the rest of the mines by watertight doors.Template:Sfn After the war, Shaft 4bis was opened to the north of Shaft 4 in 1925 for ventilation, Script error: No such module "convert". deep. Mine 4 was closed in 1965, and Mine 3 was closed in 1977.Template:Sfn
Population
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Places of interest
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- The church of St. Pierre, rebuilt, along with most of the village, after the First World War.
- The war memorials.
- The modern church of Notre-Dame.
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.[3]
Twin town
- Template:Flagicon Glauchau, in Germany.
See also
References
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- ↑ INSEE commune file
- ↑ Quarry Cemetery and Vermelles British Cemetery
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Sources
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External links
- The CWGC British cemetery
- The CWGC graves in the commune's cemetery
- CWGC Quarry Cemetery at Vermelles
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