Grenay, Pas-de-Calais


Grenay is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is part of the arrondissement of Lens, the canton of Wingles and the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin. Its population was 6,899 in 2013. The mayor announced his resignation on 31 March 2019; he was replaced by his first deputy Mathieu Feutry pending election

Geography

An ex-coalmining and light industrial town situated some northwest of Lens, at the junction of the D165 and the D58.

Coal mining

Excavation of the Mine 11 at Grenay by the Compagnie des mines de Béthune began in October 1904.
Excavation of the Shaft 11bis, for ventilation, began in May 1906.
Extraction started in April 1908.
The shafts were back-filled in 1967 and the surface installions destroyed in 1969.

Population

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