Manufacture Perrin offers tours of a family-run manufacturer awarded the «Entreprise du Patrimoine Vivant» (EPV) label, which produces socks and tights entirely in France.
Anyone wishing to stay in Montceau-les-Mines may be planning to rent a holiday apartment.
Culture and History
The Maison d'école houses a school museum with reconstructed classrooms that trace the history of public education from the 1880s to the 1950s.
L’Embarcadère is a cultural and congress centre in Montceau-les-Mines. In a hall with more than 900 seats, its varied programme includes theatre, dance, music and comedy.
Usine Aillot is a visitor attraction in an industrial hall built in 1885, where steam cylinders and road rollers, among other things, were manufactured. Usine Aillot – Galerie du camion ancien also displays old lorries, buses, engines and equipment from bygone times.
Montceau-les-Mines was officially founded in 1856, after the expansion of mining made it necessary to build a town near the extraction pits.
A walk through the centre of Montceau-les-Mines and along the quays of the Canal du Centre reveals numerous traces of the town’s former mining activity.
By the Water
The Port du Montceau on the Canal du Centre was an industrial port basin and is now a marina.
Lac du Plessis is used for fishing and has a night carp-fishing course. The lake’s shores are used by walkers, cyclists and joggers.
Geological History
Le Paléorama displays exceptional plant and animal fossils found beneath the region. The museum also features a life-size reconstruction of a Carboniferous forest made from synthetic resin.
Events
BAM includes the traditional Foire aux Grattons, scheduled for Saturday morning in the town centre on the square in front of the church. At the festival village, visitors can enjoy food and drinks around the concerts.
