Saar-Warndt coal mining basin

Lorraine basin location on French coal basins map
Coalfields of Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and Northern France

Saar-Warndt coal mining basin is an area of Germany and France which has been shaped by two centuries of coal extraction from the start of the 19th century to the start of 21st century; and it represents a significant period in the history of European industrialisation.