Daniel Mio

Daniel Charles Mio (12 May 1941 – 23 September 2021) was a French politician and teacher. He was known for his development of the .

Biography Mio was born in Somain on 12 May 1941. His father was a train station manager. He studied at the École normale d'instituteurs de Douai from 1956 to 1960 and spent his military service in Saumur from 1962 to 1964. He became a teacher of mathematics at the Collège Victor-Hugo in Somain.

Mio moved to Rieulay in 1966 and became a Municipal Councilor in 1971. In 1977, he was elected mayor, a position he held until 2006. He was involved in the certification of spoil tip #144, which became the base des Argales. The area then became the Parc naturel régional Scarpe-Escaut and included parts of communes in the Arrondissement of Douai in 1986. He became its first President in 1989. He became an Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite in 2013. His funeral was held on 28 September at the and he was buried at the Crématorium d'Orchies.