Grenay, Pas-de-Calais

Grenay (Guernay) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is part of the arrondissement of Lens, the canton of Wingles and the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin. Its population was 6,799 in 2019. The current mayor is Christelle Buissette, elected in 2023.

Geography
An ex-coalmining and light industrial town situated some 5 mi northwest of Lens, at the junction of the D165 and the D58.

Coal mining
Excavation of the 640 m Mine 11 at Grenay by the Compagnie des mines de Béthune began in October 1904. Excavation of the 749 m Shaft 11bis, for ventilation, began in May 1906. Extraction started in April 1908. The shafts were back-filled in 1967 and the surface installions destroyed in 1969.

Places of interest

 * The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eighteenth century.
 * The church of St.Louise, dating from the twentieth century.
 * The war memorial and the CWGC graves.
 * An extremely old tree.

Twin town

 * Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland
 * 🇬🇧 Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

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