Commune in Hauts-de-France, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
Billy-Montigny (French pronunciation: [bili mɔ̃tiɲi]; Picard: Bili-Montini) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.[3]
Billy-Montigny | |
|---|---|
 Survivors Way that links the necropolis of Méricourt to pit no. 2 at Billy-Montigny | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Billy-Montigny  | |
  Billy-Montigny  Billy-Montigny | |
| Coordinates: 50°27′07″N 2°54′46″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Lens |
| Canton | Harnes |
| Intercommunality | Communaupole de Lens-Liévin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Bruno Troni[1] |
| Area 1 | 2.71 km2 (1.05 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 8,117 |
| • Density | 3,000/km2 (7,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (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. | |
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.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 10,077 | — |
| 1975 | 8,834 | −1.86% |
| 1982 | 7,682 | −1.98% |
| 1990 | 8,126 | +0.70% |
| 1999 | 8,396 | +0.36% |
| 2007 | 7,964 | −0.66% |
| 2012 | 8,284 | +0.79% |
| 2017 | 8,150 | −0.33% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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.
The commune is twinned with:
