Pays Noir

Not to be confused with the Black Country in the Midlands of England.

The Pays Noir (French for 'black country') refers to a region of Belgium, centered on the city of Charleroi in the province of Hainaut in Belgium so named for the geological presence of coal. In the 19th century the region rapidly industrialised first with coal mines, then with related industries such as steel manufacture and glass production. The Pays Noir former part of the wider industrial region known as the Sillon industriel.

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