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Monument aux morts de la compagnie des mines de Lens, situé à l'intersection de la route de Béthune et de l'avenue de la fosse 12

Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le monument aux morts, avec son square et son cimetière, en totalité (cad. AT 68) : inscription par arrêté du 1er décembre 2009
Protection dates
2009/12/01 : inscrit MH
Type
cité ouvrière, monument aux morts
Main period of construction
1ère moitié 20e siècle
Dates
1925
Architect or builder
Schmit Pierre-A. (architecte), Gaudier-Rembaux (sculpteur), Roty Oscar (graveur)
Ownership
propriété d'un établissement public
Address
route de Béthune ; avenue de la Fosse 12
Commune
Lens
Département
Pas-de-Calais
Region
Hauts-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
50.43849, 2.81197
Mérimée reference
PA62000090

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1856 map "Dept. Du Nord." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Inauguré en 1925, le monument fut réalisé en hommage aux employés de tous rangs morts lors de la guerre de 14-18. La réalisation du monument fut confiée à l'architecte Pierre-A. Schmit. La plaque du monument aux morts est l'oeuvre du graveur Oscar Roty

English translation

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Inaugurated in 1925, the monument was created in homage to employees of all ranks who died during the war of 1914-1918. The realization of the monument was entrusted to architect Pierre-A. Schmit. The plaque of the war memorial is the work of engraver Oscar Roty.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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