• Having covered several of its mine shafts in earlier articles, this time we focus on the village.
  • Laid out like the mining villages of the English countryside, it was clearly organised by rank: there were areas of housing for single men, for married workers and for foremen, while the most luxurious areas were kept for the engineers and managers.
  • It grew to more than 2,700 inhabitants, with every kind of service: schools, a library, a cinema, a hospital, a pharmacy, a market hall, a casino and more.
  • It has one of the first football pitches in our country (many people say it was the very first) and some of the first tennis courts.
  • Still lived in today, its houses are mainly second homes. Thanks to its location and low light pollution it is an ideal place for stargazing.