| Ferrière-la-Grande | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| 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[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CA Maubeuge Val de Sambre |
| Coordinates: | 50.2556°N 3.9933°W |
| Elevation M: | 149 |
| Elevation Min M: | 127 |
| Elevation Max M: | 184 |
| Area Km2: | 10.01 |
Ferrière-la-Grande (in French pronounced as /fɛʁjɛʁ la ɡʁɑ̃d/) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[2] 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.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.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.