The Fresnes-on-Scheldt

the Fresnes-on-Scheldt is a common French, located in the department of the Northern (59) and the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Its inhabitants is called the fresnois.

Geography

History

July 1st, 1716 the Viscount Jacques Désandrouin obtains the permission of the King to implement searchs for Coal at Fresnes. February 3rd, 1720 Jacques Mathieu and his team of minors come from Charleroi discover a thin vein of coal of four feet thickness (1m20) to 35 measuring apparatuses of depth (70m). December 24th, 1720 the two pits of Fresnes blow under the invasion of water.

The Fresnes-on-Scheldt is a city with passed very rich. It is in this city that coal was discovered in 1720.

It is also a city where one has the direction of the festival as attests some the great carnival organized each year on August 15th.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Giant of North
Carboniferous of the Common Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Gambrinus
of North
List of the giants of the North of France

External bonds

Official site of the town of the Fresnes-on-Scheldt
the Fresnes-on-Scheldt on the site of the national geographical Institute
the Fresnes-on-Scheldt on the site of INSEE
the Fresnes-on-Scheldt on the site of Quid
Localization of the Fresnes-on-Scheldt on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on the Fresnes-on-Scheldt on Mapquest

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