Billy-Montigny

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

Coat of arms

Billy-Montigny

Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region

Billy-Montigny

Coordinates: 50°27′07″N 2°54′46″E / 50.4519°N 2.9128°ECoordinates: 50°27′07″N 2°54′46″E / 50.4519°N 2.9128°E

Country

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)

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 Nord-Pas-de-Calais 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
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	9,510	—
1968	10,077	+6.0%
1975	8,834	−12.3%
1982	7,682	−13.0%
1990	8,126	+5.8%
1999	8,396	+3.3%
2005	8,449	+0.6%
2009	8,104	−4.1%

Sights

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 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.