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Mine Attractions In Blegny

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Blegny is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. On January 1, 2006, Blegny had a total population of 12,799. The total area is 26.07 km² which gives a population density of 491 inhabitants per km². The municipality consists of the following sub-municipalities: Barchon, Housse, Mortier, Saive, Saint-Remy, and Trembleur.
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  • 1. Blegny-Mine Blegny
    Blegny-Mine was a coal mine in Trembleur, near Liège, in Belgium which today is preserved as an industrial heritage site and show mine. The museum features on the European Route of Industrial Heritage and is one of the four Walloon mining sites listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 2012. Mining at the site was begun by the monks of Val-Dieu Abbey in the 16th century. The first mine shaft was sunk in 1779 and expanded throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. In 1883, two concession companies in the region merged but went bankrupt in 1887. Mining at the site was taken up by the Société anonyme des Charbonnages d'Argenteau in 1919. During the Battle of Belgium in May 1940, the mine's headframe was destroyed by the Belgian army and many of the current buildings on the site were ...
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