Ferrière-la-Grande

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Ferrière-la-Grande

|commune status = Commune

|image = Ferriere la grande.JPG

|caption = Global view

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Ferrière-la-Grande (Nord).svg

|arrondissement = Avesnes-sur-Helpe

|canton = Maubeuge

|INSEE = 59230

|postal code = 59680

|mayor = Benoît Courtin{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre

|coordinates = {{coord|50.2556|3.9933|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 149

|elevation min m = 127

|elevation max m = 184

|area km2 = 10.01

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Ferrière-la-Grande ({{IPA|fr|fɛʁjɛʁ la ɡʁɑ̃d}}) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59230-ferriere-la-grande INSEE commune file] The river Solre flows through the commune.

In 1828 Pierre François Dumont applied for a concession to operate iron mines in the canton of Maubeuge, and for authorization to establish two iron furnaces at Ferrière-la-Grande powered by steam.{{sfn|Barbier|Daviet|1989|p=217}}

Dumont founded the factories at Ferrière-la-grande in 1830, the first coke-fired blast furnaces in the north of France to produce and mould pig-iron from the local minerals.{{sfn|Bulletin de le Societe ... 1890|p=265}}

By decree of 23 April 1859 Dumont was granted a concession to build a railway line to link the factories Ferrière-la-Grande to the Saint-Quentin line at Erquelinnes.

The line was built on land acquired by Dumont or expropriated on the grounds of public utility.{{sfn|Carnot|1881|p=367}}