Mont-Saint-Éloi
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Arras | |
| Canton | Arras-1 | |
| Community association | Arras | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 21 ′ N , 2 ° 42 ′ E | |
| height | 67-145 m | |
| surface | 15.85 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,023 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 65 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62144 | |
| INSEE code | 62589 | |
 Town hall of Mont-Saint-Éloi and ruins of the abbey church |
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Mont-Saint-Eloi is a French commune with 1,023 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France .
geography
Mont-Saint-Éloi is 11 km northwest of Arras on the D341 , which connects Arras and Boulogne-sur-Mer . The municipality consists of the localities of Mont-Saint-Éloi, Écoivres and Bray.
history
The two monastery towers have served French troops as observation posts since 1914. Shelling caused the top floors to collapse in 1915. The General Council of Pas-de-Calais bought it in 2004 and had it fortified in order to preserve it as a memorial .
From March 1916, allied troops fought bloody and endless attrition battles and trench warfare with the Germans in the north of Arras (see First World War # war year 1916 ).
The military cemetery of the village of Ecoivres at the foot of the hill of Mont-Saint-Eloi was built by the French as an extension of the municipal cemetery to bury their dead soldiers. The British enlarged the cemetery again. Today there are 786 killed French, 891 British and 828 Canadians who fell during the reconquest of Vimy in April and May 1917 ( Battle of Arras (1917) ).
Attractions
In the village of Écoivres there are two menhirs that have been 'Monument historique' since 1889.
In Mont-Saint-Éloi, the ruins of the Mont-Saint-Éloi Abbey are located near the military cemetery. It has been a monument historique since 1921 .
