ancient ruins
Abbey of Cluny
The ruins of what was once the largest church in Christendom, the powerful Benedictine mother abbey that shaped medieval Europe.
38 km · about 45 min drive
Bourgogne, France · Europe
Sanvignes-les-Mines sits on the route: 10 minutes from Saint-Berain-sous-Sanvignes, 38km from Abbey of Cluny.
Sanvignes-les-Mines is a town located in Bourgogne, France. With a population of 4,359, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Sanvignes-les-Mines sits in France, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Paris time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Sanvignes-les-Mines to your route.
Sanvignes-les-Mines (French pronunciation: [sɑ̃viɲ le min] ) is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
The area covered by Sanvignes-les-Mines started to be importantly settled in the 19th century, when the mining of the resources in the Saône-et-LoireRead more
coal basin took on new importance and became industrialized—notably through the founding of the neighboring commune of Montceau-les-Mines in 1856.
Deeply linked to the fate of its mines, it saw a significant number of miners join the town to find employment. For a good part of the 19th century, the town was politically, religiously, and economically controlled by the Chagot family, owners of the Blanzy Mining Company who strongly promoted Catholicism, relying notably on the clergy to monitor the miners. It is estimated that between the 1850s and the period of the troubles, about twenty years, more than 400 adult and children miners died in the mine.
This situation ended during the Montceau-les-Mines troubles (1878-1885), when the miners of the town and region joined anarchism in large numbers, making the mining basin a center of anarchism in France, particularly through the Black Band, one or more secret anarchist organizations of miners operating in the region and carrying out numerous attacks.
Following the closure of the mines throughout the 20th century, the town has diversified economically.
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Sanvignes-les-Mines is located in Bourgogne, France, Europe. The coordinates are 46.6644 latitude, 4.2919 longitude.
Sanvignes-les-Mines has a population of approximately 4,359 people, making it a town in France.
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ancient ruins
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