Sallaumines (Municipality, Pas-de-Calais, France)

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Flag of Sallaumines - Image by Olivier Touzeau, 18 July 2020

• Presentation of Sallaumines
• Flag of Sallaumines

See also:

• France
• Pas-de-Calais (Department, France)

Presentation of Sallaumines

The municipality of Sallaumines (9,654 inhabitants in 2018; 382 ha) is located east of Lens.
Sallaumines remained a small agricultural village until the discovery of coal, which led to sudden industrialization and population growth. The mining disaster of Courri&egrzave;res, which claimed 1,099 lives on 10 March 1906 occured in Billy-Montigny, Méricourt and Sallaumines.

Olivier Touzeau, 18 July 2020

Flag of Sallaumines

The flag of Sallaumines (photo, 2009) is white with the municipal logo.

Olivier Touzeau, 18 July 2020