Mining community (original) (raw)

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Community that houses miners

Partizánska Ľupča in Slovakia. Now a village with 1300 inhabitants but in 14th-19th centuries an important mining town with more than 4000. Several houses still have an urban character.

Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, in 1957.

A mining community, also known as a mining town or a mining camp, is a community that houses miners. Mining communities are usually created around a mine or a quarry.

Historical mining communities

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Austrian Lands

Lower Hungarian mining towns

Upper Hungarian mining towns

Other Hungarian mining towns

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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(German name in parentheses)

In Germany, a Bergstadt refers to a settlement near mineral deposits vested with town privileges, Bergregal rights and tax exemption, in order to promote the economic development of the mining region.

North Rhine-Westphalia

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