La Drée

La Drée is a hamlet in Épinac, Arrondissement of Autun, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. La Drée is situated nearby to the hamlet La Vesvres, as well as near the locality Les Commes.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Château de Morlet and Église Saint-Pierre d’Épinac.

Château de Morlet

Castle

Photo: Q.suguenot, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Château de Morlet is a castle.

Église Saint-Pierre d’Épinac

Church

Photo: Pemberlaid, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Église Saint-Pierre d’Épinac is a church.

Hottinguer coal mine

Building

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The Hottinguer coal mine was one of the main collieries of the Épinac coal mine. The buildings, raised between 1872 and 1876, housed a revolutionary atmospheric extraction system: a piston moving in a 558 m-high tube, machined in Le Creusot, rather than…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morlet and Saint-Émiland.

Morlet

Village

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Morlet is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in France.

Saint-Émiland

Village

Saint-Émiland is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It is named after Émilien of Nantes. Saint-Émiland is situated 8 km south of La Drée.