Puits Dechy n° 2, Dechy

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The Aniche Mining Company was a French company that operated coal mines in the Nord-Pas de Calais. The company was founded in 1773 and became part of the Groupe de Douia in 1946. Prior to World War II the Aniche Mining Company produced over 3 million tons of coal per year, and employed 15,000 workers. ()

Local name: Compagnie des mines d'Aniche Coordinates: 50°21'31"N, 3°7'36"E

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Puits Dechy n° 2 – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Musée de la Chartreuse, Sensée Canal, Courchelettes, Centre Historique Minier de Lawarde.

2.5 miNW
Specialty museum, Museum, Art museum
Musée de la Chartreuse, Douai
64 min walk • The Musée de la Chartreuse is an art museum in a former Carthusian monastery in Douai, France. It is the 'musée des Beaux-Arts' for the city.
3.5 miSW
Canal
Sensée Canal, Férin
89 min walk • The Canal de la Sensée is a canal in northern France. The project was developed under Napoleon. In March 1806, the imperial government gave orders to build a canal which would link the Scarpe River and the Escaut River.
3.1 miW
Area
Courchelettes, Douai
80 min walk • Courchelettes is a commune of the Nord department in northern France.
2.7 miSE
Museum
Centre Historique Minier de Lawarde, Lewarde
70 min walk • Delloye Pit The Delloye or Joseph Delloye pit of the Compagnie des mines d'Aniche is a former colliery of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais mining basin, located in Lewarde. After thirteen years of closure, the site has become the Lewarde Mining Historical...
2.7 miW
Area
Lambres-lez-Douai, Douai
68 min walk • Lambres-lez-Douai is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
3.9 miNW
Area
Cuincy, Douai
99 min walk • Cuincy is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is 2.5 km northwest of Douai.
0.8 miW
Area
Sin-le-Noble, Douai
21 min walk • Sin-le-Noble is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
2.4 miW
Library
Bibliothèque municipale de Douai, Douai
62 min walk • The Bibliothèque municipale de Douai, now Bibliothèque Marceline Desbordes-Valmore is a library in Douai, France. Founded in 1767, it was bombed on August 11, 1944. The library reopened in 1955, in a new building designed by the architect Maurice Coasnes.
1.9 miW
Church
Church of Our Lady, Douai
48 min walk • The Notre-Dame de Douai church is primitive Gothic style.
4.1 miNE
Monastery
Anchin Abbey
105 min walk • Anchin Abbey was a Benedictine monastery founded in 1079 in the commune of Pecquencourt in what is now the Nord department of France.
3.5 miN
Specialty museum, Museum
Musée Archéologique Arkeos, Douai
90 min walk • The Arkéos archaeological museum-park is located on the territory of the communes of Douai and Râches, on the right bank of the Scarpe. It is open to the public since June 21, 2014.