Mons-en-Barœul
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | North | |
Arrondissement | Lille | |
Canton | Lille-3 | |
Community association | Métropole Européenne de Lille | |
Coordinates | 50 ° 39 ′ N , 3 ° 6 ′ E | |
height | 22-47 m | |
surface | 2.87 km 2 | |
Residents | 20,782 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 7,241 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 59370 | |
INSEE code | 59410 | |
Website | www.monsenbaroeul.fr | |
Peter's Church in Mons-en-Barœul (built 1844) |
Mons-en-Barœul (literally Berg am Barœul ) is a French municipality with 20,782 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality is located in the canton of Lille-3 .
geography
The municipality is located about 3.5 kilometers east-northeast of Lille in the lowlands of French Flanders in the middle of the metropolis Métropole Européenne de Lille, which is surrounded by the cities of Lille, Roubaix and Tourcoing . Part of the community is forested by the Forêt du Barœul .
Neighboring communities
Marcq-en-Barœul | ||
Lille |
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Villeneuve-d'Ascq |
Hellemmes |
history
The small community experienced its boom as a banlieue of Lille. Fort de Mons was built between 1878 and 1880 to protect the city of Lille against a possible invasion from the east. Today there is a station of the Lille metro here . As a modern structure, the Mons radio tower towers over the city.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2017 |
Residents | 11,531 | 14,113 | 28,070 | 26,638 | 23,578 | 23,017 | 22,117 | 20,782 |
Sources: EHESS (until 1962) and INSEE (from 1968)
Architectural monuments
See: List of Monuments historiques in Mons-en-Barœul
Personalities
- Michel Butor (1926-2016), writer
- Laurent Desbiens (* 1969), racing cyclist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1064-1066.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS): Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui (French), accessed on January 11, 2014
- ↑ Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE): Evolution et structure de la population (de 1968 à 2007) ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 738 kB) (French), accessed on January 11, 2014
- ↑ Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE): Recensement de la population au one he janvier 2006 (French), accessed on January 11, 2014
- ↑ Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE): Recensement de la population au one he janvier 2008 (French), accessed on January 11, 2014
- ↑ Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE): Recensement de la population au one he janvier 2009 (French), accessed on January 11, 2014