Billy-Montigny
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Commune of Billy-Montigny |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Lens |
| Canton | Noyelles-sous-Lens |
| Intercommunality | Communaupole de Lens-Liévin |
| Mayor | Bruno Troni (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 24 m–45 m (avg. 33) |
| Land area¹ | 2.71 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
8,396 |
| - Density | 3,098/km² (1999) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62133/ 62420 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Billy-Montigny is a commune of northern France.
[edit] Administration
Billy-Montigny is located in the Pas-de-Calais département. It belongs to the communauté d'agglomération of Lens-Liévin (Communaupole) which gathers 36 communes, with a total population of 250,000 inhabitants.
[edit] History
The history of the area remains marked by the mining disaster which caused 1,099 casualties on March 10, 1906 on the territories of Billy-Montigny, Méricourt and Sallaumines.
In Billy-Montigny Communal Cemetery lie the bodies of two WWI British soldiers.
- Denis Percival Beauchamp Taylor. MC. Lieutenant Royal 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.
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