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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

Billy-Montigny

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.

Contents

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.

    Personalities

    Georges Lech and Bernard Lech, footballers.

    International relations

    The commune is twinned with:

  • Trzebinia, Poland
  • Reggello, Italy
  • Bonen, Germany

    • References

    Billy-Montigny Wikipedia
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