Billy Montigny

Updated on Dec 09, 2024

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Country France Department Pas-de-Calais Intercommunality Lens-Liévin Area 2.71 km² Arrondissement Lens		Region Hauts-de-France Canton Noyelles-sous-Lens Population (2009) 8,104 Local time Thursday 2:17 AM

Weather 8°C, Wind W at 35 km/h, 74% Humidity

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

Map of Billy-Montigny, 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.

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.