- Billy-Montigny
French commune
name= Billy-Montigny
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Noyelles-sous-Lens
insee= 62133
cp= 62420
maire= Bruno Troni
mandat= 2008-2014
intercomm=Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
|longitude=2.91277777778
latitude=50.4519444444
alt mini= 24 m
alt maxi= 45 m
hectares= 271
km²= 2,71
sans= 8449
date-sans=2005
dens= 3098Billy-Montigny is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
An ex-
coalmining industrial town situated just convert|4|mi|km|1 east of the centre ofLens at the junction of the N43 and D46 roads. The coal lasted just over 100 years, the last pits closing in the 1960s.Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Martin, dating from the 19th century.
* TheCommonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.History
The history of the area remains marked by the mining disaster which resulted in 1,099 casualties on
March 10 ,1906 in the area of the communes of Billy-Montigny, Méricourt andSallaumines .In Billy-Montigny Communal Cemetery lie the bodies of two British soldiers of
World War I .
* Denis Percival Beauchamp Taylor. MC. LieutenantRoyal Flying Corps . 3rd Sqdn.3rd (King's Own) Hussars . In North part. Grave 1 (left hand side).
*George Thomas Paget , Private. 37915 18th Bn.Welsh Regiment . Died of wounds 19th July 1916. An under-aged soldier who was 17 years old. In North part. Grave 2 (right hand side).* A Canadian soldier (unknown) is also buried at the cemetery.
People with links to the commune
Georges Lech and Bernard Lech, footballers.Twin towns
*
Trzebinia ,Poland
*Regello ,Italy
*Bonen ,Germany See also
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Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.billy-montigny.fr/ Official town website] fr
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=27005&mode=1 The CWGC graves in the commune cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26631&req=Billy-Montigny Billy-Montigny on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the original and the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on July 31st 2008."
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