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Drocourt Destination Guide

Discover Drocourt in France

Drocourt in the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais with its 3,146 habitants is a place located in France - some 109 mi or ( 176 km ) North of Paris , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Drocourt

Local time in Drocourt is now 12:54 PM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: London, Haarlem, Amsterdam, Brussels, and Valenciennes. When in this area, you might want to check out London . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Drocourt ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Agacements sur le marché d'Hénin-Beaumont

2:04 min by campagneennord
Views: 4465 Rating: 4.56

Jean-Luc Mélenchon et Marine Le Pen font d'Hénin-Beaumont un centre d'attraction politique et médiatique. Comment les autres candidats et les habitants vivent-ils cette situation ? ..

High Speed Trains in northern France

1:18 min by Koos Fernhout
Views: 1929 Rating: 4.20

DSCN1991a Location: loc.alize.us All shots taken from the viaduct across the A1 and the high speed railway, in the Route d'Henin-Beaumont, except the panning shot of the Eurostar that ends on a bridge ..


The Jumpers Family - Duo Of Brothers - Billy-Montigny.

3:36 min by TheJumpersFamily
Views: 555 Rating: 3.40

Salutation , tout d'abord un grand Merci a tous ceux qui nous soutienne et qui nous suive su cette chaine mais aussi sur Facebook ! Alors cette fois-ci un Duo avec Christian et Jordan sur la ville de ..

visite du musée de la fosse n9 et 2 de oignies

13:30 min by Jj Bel
Views: 190 Rating: 5.00

Au lendemain de l'annonce du classement au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO du bassin minier, les ACCCUSTO-SECCI (fervents défenseurs du 9/9 bis d'Oignies depuis sa fermeture) étaient à pied d'oeuvre po ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Courrières mine disaster

The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst mining accident, caused the death of 1,099 miners (including many children) in Northern France on 10 March 1906. This disaster was surpassed only by the Benxihu Colliery accident in China on April 26, 1942, which killed 1,549 miners.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 50.42 2.89 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: 1906 disasters, 1906 in France, Coal mining disasters in France, History of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Labor disputes in France, Mining disasters in France

Canal de Lens

The Canal de Lens is a canal in northern France. It connects Lens to the Canal de la Deûle west of Oignies. It is 8 km long with no locks.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 50.43 2.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Canals in France

Vitry-En-Artois Airport

Vitry-En-Artois Airport is a regional airport in France, located 1 mile northeast of Vitry-en-Artois; 105 miles north-northeast of Paris. It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled. It was an established airport built prior to World War II. Seized by the Germans in June 1940 during the Battle of France, it was used as a Luftwaffe military airfield during the occupation.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 50.34 2.99 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in France, Airports in France, World War II airfields in France

Douai Renault Factory

The Douai Renault factory is a car plant belonging to the Renault Group, opened in 1970 at Douai in the industrial basin of the Pas-de-Calais department, not far from Lille (Rijsel). Construction of the plant received a go-ahead in 1968, with a formal announcement of the project coming a year later. Douai was chosen because it was well located at the heart of the industrial centre of gravity of the EEC with excellent road links to major industry and population centres.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 50.36 3.03 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: 1970 establishments, Buildings and structures in Pas-de-Calais, Motor vehicle assembly plants in France, Renault

Gare de Lens

Lens railway station is a railway station in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France. The building was built in 1926-1927 to resemble a steam locomotive with a 23 metre high tower as the chimney. The architect was Urbain Cassan. In December 1984 it was listed as a French National Heritage Site.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 50.43 2.83 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures completed in 1927, Official historical monuments of France, Railway stations in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Railway stations opened in 1927, TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Drocourt