La Machine
Encyclopedia
La Machine is a commune
in the Nièvre
department in central France
.
, the population was 3735. On 1 January 2004, the estimate was 3649.
Also the hamlet took the name of "La Machine" in reference to a machine which was used to extract the coal.
The production stopped in 1974 because of a lack of profitability.
Today, you can still visit a Coal Mining Gallery, however, it's a reproduction built to welcome people in safety.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Nièvre
Nièvre
Nièvre is a department in the centre of France named after the Nièvre River.-History:Nièvre is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
department in central France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Demographics
At the 1999 censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, the population was 3735. On 1 January 2004, the estimate was 3649.
Mining city
The mining exploitation marked the history of this town. Coal is extracted from the fifteenth century.Also the hamlet took the name of "La Machine" in reference to a machine which was used to extract the coal.
The production stopped in 1974 because of a lack of profitability.
Today, you can still visit a Coal Mining Gallery, however, it's a reproduction built to welcome people in safety.