Bully-les-Mines

at , Bully-les-Mines , 62160 France

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Bully-les-Mines is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in northern France. It forms part of the Lens-Liévin urban area, which encompasses 36 French communes and 250,000 inhabitants. For many years it was a major coal mining center.HistoryThe name of Bully-les-Mines has frequently had various forms over the centuries : from Bulgi, to Bugi, Builli, Bullia, Bully, Boulli, Buylly, Builly-lez-Aix, Builly-lez-Grenay, Builly-en-Gohelle, Bully-en-Gohelle, Bully-Grenay, Bully-en-Gohelle, and finally Bully-les-Mines in 1925.According to many sources, the name has Gaulish origins. Ricouart proposes that "Bullire" derives from the French "bouillonner," a reference to the source of the river Surgeon in a neighboring commune. The current use of "les mines" indicates the importance of mining to the commune and the region. The train station has maintained the older name of Bully-Grenay, leading to occasional confusion among travellers.Although the region has been inhabited from prehistory onward, no evidence of prehistoric settlements has yet been found at Bully. The oldest relic so far discovered in the commune is a Celtic bracelet; Bully once belonged to the "Pagus Silvinus" region of the Atrébates. Gallo-Roman discoveries have been numerous within the commune.During the sixth century, Bully came under the spiritual leadership of the bishop of Cambrai-Arras.

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Bully-les-Mines is Lens based place and this enity listed in City category. 62160.