Ferrière-la-Grande
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| Coordinates: 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 | Communauté d'agglomération Maubeuge Val de Sambre |
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| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Philippe Dronsart |
| Area 1 | 10.01 km2 (3.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 5,202 |
| • Density | 520/km2 (1,300/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
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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.)
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References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Barbier & Daviet 1989, p. 217.
- ^ Bulletin de le Societe ... 1890, p. 265.
- ^ Carnot 1881, p. 367.
- ^ Arms of the families of Croÿ-Solre and Croÿ-Renty quartered
Sources
- Barbier, Frédéric; Daviet, Jean-Pierre (1989), Le patronat du Nord sous le Second Empire: une approche prosopographique, Librairie Droz, ISBN 978-2-600-03408-1, retrieved 2017-08-19
- "Etablissements metallurgiques de Ferrière-la-grande", Bulletin de le Societe de l'Industrie Minerale (in French), vol. IV, Société de l'industrie minérale, 1890
{{citation}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); External link in|chapterurl=|chapterurl=ignored (|chapter-url=suggested) (help) - Carnot, Sadi (1881), Annales des ponts et chaussees. 2. partie: Partie administrative (in French), retrieved 2017-10-28
- INSEE commune file
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