Billy-Montigny
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Billy-Montigny
|commune status = Commune
|image = Catastrophe1906-Rescapes04.jpg
|caption = Survivors Way that links the necropolis of Méricourt to pit no. 2 at Billy-Montigny
|image coat of arms = Blason Billy-Montigny.svg
|arrondissement = Lens
|canton = Harnes
|INSEE = 62133
|postal code = 62420
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
|coordinates = {{coord|50.4519|2.9128|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation min m = 24
|elevation max m = 45
|area km2 = 2.71
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Billy-Montigny ({{IPA|fr|bili mɔ̃tiɲi}}; {{langx|pcd|Bili-Montini}}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62133-billy-montigny INSEE commune file]
Geography
An ex-coalmining industrial town situated just {{convert|4|mi|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 populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62133#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |10077
|1975 |8834
|1982 |7682
|1990 |8126
|1999 |8396
|2007 |7964
|2012 |8284
|2017 |8150
}}
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.
Personalities
- Georges Lech and Bernard Lech, footballers
- ZywOo, professional Counter-Strike player
International relations
See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Billy-Montigny}}
- [http://www.billy-montigny.fr/ Official town website] {{in lang|fr}}
- [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/27005 The CWGC graves in the commune cemetery]
{{Pas-de-Calais communes}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Billymontigny}}
Category:Communes of Pas-de-Calais
Category:Populated places in Artois
{{PasdeCalais-geo-stub}}