Vosges and Jura coal mining basins

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Vosges and Jura coal mining basins locations on French coal basins map. Localisation - bassin houiller Vosges et Jura.svg
Vosges and Jura coal mining basins locations on French coal basins map.

The Vosges and Jura coal mining basins are an area of France located between two mountain ranges, that has been shaped by four centuries of coal extraction from the 16th century to the 20th century. It includes four coal basins in three geographic locations.

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Basins and concessions

The four coal bassins :
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Jura coal bassin
Stephanian-Under-Vosgian coal bassin
Keuperian coal bassin
Ville valley coal bassin Bassin houiller des Vosges et du Jura.svg
The four coal bassins :
  Jura coal bassin
  Stephanian-Under-Vosgian coal bassin
  Keuperian coal bassin
  Villé valley coal bassin

On the east side of the Vosges

Villé valley coal basin

Between the Vosges and the Jura

Stephanian-Under-Vosgian coal basin
Some Stephanian coal basin's concessions Concessions Houilleres de Ronchamp.svg
Some Stephanian coal basin's concessions
Keuperian coal basin
Some Keuperian coal basin's concessions Concessions du N-O du Jura.svg
Some Keuperian coal basin's concessions

On the west side of the Jura

Jura coal basin

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