Billy-Montigny

Administration
Billy-Montigny


Billy-Montigny
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Billy-Montigny
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Noyelles-sous-Lens
Intercommunality	Lens-Liévin
Mayor	Bruno Troni (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	24–45 m (79–148 ft)
Land area¹	2.71 km² (1.05 sq mi)
Population²	8,449 (2005)
- Density	3,118 /km² (8,080 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62133/ 62420
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 Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

1 Geography
2 Population
3 Places of interest
4 History
5 Notable people
6 Twin towns
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

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 of Billy-Montigny
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2005
Population	9510	10077	8834	7682	8126	8396	8449
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

History

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