UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Location | Wallonia, Belgium |
Criteria | Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
Reference | 1344rev |
Inscription | 2012 (36th Session) |
Area | 118.07 ha (291.8 acres) |
Buffer zone | 344.7 ha (852 acres) |
Website | www |
Coordinates | 50°26′7″N 3°50′18″E / 50.43528°N 3.83833°E |
Location of Major Mining Sites of Wallonia in Belgium |
The Major Mining Sites of Wallonia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising four sites in Wallonia in southern Belgium associated with the Belgian coal mining industry of the 19th and 20th centuries.[1] The four sites of the grouping, situated in the French-speaking Hainaut Province and Liège Province, comprise Grand-Hornu, the Bois-du-Luc, the Bois du Cazier and Blegny-Mine.