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Localisation
| State | France |
| Regional (NUTS III) hierarchical level | Nord-Pas-de-Calais region |
| District level (LAU1) | Pas-de-Calais |
| Municipality (LAU2) | Béthune |
| Special administrative division – Canton | Nœux-les-Mines |
| Connection to traffic network | Connection to the highway E15 |
Main factors of successful redevelopment process
- general localization (great localization in the north-eastern region in France, close to the border with UK, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany)
- specific localization (edge of the city)
- availability of financial incentives (EU funding system and local administrations)
- place marketing (local development strategy, urban study)
- ecological burden
- price of the land
- transport links (excellent connection to the highway network)
Brief description of site and current use
In the early 80’s Noeux-les-Mines municipality decided to regenerate the post-industrial sites, because they were spatially overlapped with the urban area. An urban regeneration plan has been carried out by the mayor of the town:
i. In 1990; a leisure park has been built in the site;
ii. In 1994, the nautical base was opened (22 hectares).
iii. In 1996 the skiing slope was opened (16.000 m² in area)
It can be used all the year and is the lowest skiing slope in France. Regarding the existing buildings and infrastructures, the coke plant and the infrastructures (roads, water, electric, sewerage networks etc) were completely destroyed. Only one tip was kept and remodelled to suit the future use which is a skiing slope.
The site is nowadays frequented by tourist and is considered to be one of the shining examples of brownfield renovation.
Original use – basic description
| Original use | Industrial (coal mining area) |
| Area | 200 ha |
| Type of site | Industrial site |
Current state – basic description
| Current use | Recreational area (leisure park, sport facilities, nautical base, skiing slope) |
| % of built-up area | Less than 10 % |
| State of Environment | After complete decontamination |
| New use from | 1990 |
| Total costs | NO precise data available. Project still gets investments. Till now approx. 400 mil. euro invested |
| Owner of site | Town hall of Noeux-les-Mines |
Contact to stakeholders
| Owner of site |
Town hall of Noeux-les-Mines Marie.noeux@wanadoo.fr |
| Local public administration |
Mayor of Noeux-les-Mines: Monsieur Jacques VILLEDARY mairie.noeux@wanadoo.fr |
| Investors participating at redevelopment |
The primary finances: 2. Northern Regional Council Pas-de-Calais mairie.noeux@wanadoo.fr |
| NGOs | No NGOs involved |
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