Billy-Montigny

Billy-Montigny
Billy-Montigny
Commune
	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 / 50.4519°N 2.9128°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Harnes
Intercommunality	Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Bruno Troni
Area 1	2.71 km2 (1.05 sq mi)
Population (2021)	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.

Billy-Montigny is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France 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%
2006	8,018	−5.1%
2007	7,964	−0.7%
2009	8,104	+1.8%
2012	8,284	+2.2%
2015	8,183	−1.2%

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.