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Oignies (to pronounce) is a common French, located in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais. It belongs to the Communauté of agglomeration of Hénin-Carvin which gathers 14 common , that is to say 125  000 inhabitants. Its inhabitants are called Oigninois. The currency of the city east " Oignies moves the vie"

Geography

In the center of the Field, the town of Oignies is surrounded by Carvin, Courrières, Libercourt, Dourges and Ostricourt. At 16 kilometers of Lens and at 20 of Lille, the town of Oignies is located in the middle of old the Field and extends on 552 hectares of which 372 are urbanized. The basement of the city is carboniferous.

History

The town of Oignies seems to be inhabited as of the first centuries of the Christian era. Its name of then was Ongniacume. It is in the park of the Castle of Mrs. De Clercq that on June 7th, 1842, engineer Mulot discovers there coal, a aubene for the Area which will develop then mining industry. December 21st, 1990, the last gaillette of coal went back to pit 9/9 (a) of Oignies. This very mediatized event will mark the end of the mining extraction in the North of France. The slogan of oignies is: " Oignies moves the life! " , found by the municipal council of the young people.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

  • Town hall
  • Pit 9
  • Pit 2 - C.M.C.F. Centers mine and railroads - Center Denis Papin * Castle of Mrs De Clercq (born Henriette Crombez)
  • Mausoleum set up with the memory of his/her battered childs at the time of the massacres of the May 26th, 27th and 28th 1940. Inaugurated on July 13rd, 1947 by Mr. Vincent Auriol, President of the Republic.
  • Church St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

Historic buildings

Old pit De Clercq-Crombez (Pit 9-9bis) registered with the Historic buildings on May 6th, 1992 and classified with the Inheritance on February 10th, 1994.

Information resulting from: Databases Ministry for the culture

Personalities related to the commune

Twinning

Associations

Sports associations

  • VTT-Club OIGNIES
  • A.S.S.B. (Football)
  • Star of Oignies - Basketball
  • Star of Oignies - Volley ball
  • Star of Oignies - Athletics

Religious organizations

  • Rocks Club
  • ONYACUM - Association of Local History
  • Company 9 of square

Social associations

Associations of leisures

  • Committee of the district n°1
  • Committee of the Northern district

See too

Multi Jazz Festival

Every year is held in March the MULTI JAZZ FESTIVAL there. 4 days of madness at the rates/rhythms of the swing. This festival was created in 2002 by William Houssoy, Directeur of the Music school of Oignies. All the information on the site of the Festival: http://www.multijazzfestival.com

Rando of the spoil heaps

Every year, first Sunday of February, the VTT-Club of Oignies organizes Rando of the Spoil heaps . In 2007, this excursion, opened with all, still met a sharp success with more than 1000 participants! It becomes thus one of the excursions impossible to circumvent of the Area Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

It offers to all the participants a voyage through the Field. The hikers furrowing on the ways, can admire Chevalement S, Terrils, cities mining and sites reconverted after the closing of the Houillères. This inheritance is very expensive with the eyes of the inhabitants of the Field, former Minors, wire and grandson of Minors. This rando is dedicated to the memory of those and those which built this landscape.

Internal bonds

  • Common of the Pas-de-Calais
  • the Commune of Wahagnies whose regional pronunciation is virtually identical.
  • Mines: Carboniferous of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais
  • List of war memorials French surmounted by a cock

External bonds

  • Site of the town of Oignies
  • Site of the agglomeration Hénin-Carvin
  • I.L.T.V local Television channel
  • Oignies on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Oignies on the site of INSEE
  • Oignies on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Oignies on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Oignies on Mapquest

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