Billy-Montigny

Billy-Montigny
Commune
Survivors Way that links the necropolis of Méricourt to pit no. 2 at Billy-Montigny

Coat of arms
Billy-Montigny
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Billy-Montigny
Coordinates: 50°27′07″N 2°54′46″E / 50.4519°N 2.9128°E / 50.4519; 2.9128Coordinates: 50°27′07″N 2°54′46″E / 50.4519°N 2.9128°E / 50.4519; 2.9128
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Lens
Canton Harnes
Intercommunality CA Lens-Liévin
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Bruno Troni
Area1 2.71 km2 (1.05 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 8,104
 • Density 3,000/km2 (7,700/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62133 /62420
Elevation 24–45 m (79–148 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Billy-Montigny is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography

An ex-coalmining industrial town situated just 4 miles (6.4 km) east of the centre of Lens at the junction of the N43 and D46 roads. The coal lasted just over 100 years, the last pits closing in the 1960s.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19629,510—    
196810,077+6.0%
19758,834−12.3%
19827,682−13.0%
19908,126+5.8%
19998,396+3.3%
20058,449+0.6%
20098,104−4.1%

Sights

History

The history of the area remains marked by the Courrières mine disaster which resulted in 1,099 casualties on 10 March 1906 in the area of the communes of Billy-Montigny, Méricourt and Sallaumines.

Personalities

Georges Lech and Bernard Lech, footballers.

International relations

The commune is twinned with:

See also

References


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