Billy-Montigny
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Survivors Way that links the necropolis of Méricourt to pit no. 2 at Billy-Montigny
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Location within Hauts-de-France region
Billy-Montigny
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| Coordinates: 50°27′07″N 2°54′46″E / 50.4519°N 2.9128°ECoordinates: 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 | Lens-Liévin | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Bruno Troni | |
| Area1 | 2.71 km2 (1.05 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009)2 | 8,104 | |
| • Density | 3,000/km2 (7,700/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62133 /62420 | |
| Elevation | 24–45 m (79–148 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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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.
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.
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.
Georges Lech and Bernard Lech, footballers.
The commune is twinned with:
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