Mont-Saint-Éloi

Mont-Saint-Éloi
Abbey of Mont Saint-Éloi
Coat of arms
Mont-Saint-Éloi
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Mont-Saint-Éloi
Coordinates: 50°21′07″N 2°41′38″E / 50.3519°N 2.6939°ECoordinates: 50°21′07″N 2°41′38″E / 50.3519°N 2.6939°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Dainville
Intercommunality	Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Bavière
Area^1	15.85 km^2 (6.12 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	1,033
• Density	65/km^2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62589 / 62144
Elevation	67–145 m (220–476 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Mont-Saint-Éloi is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Mont-Saint-Éloi is situated 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D341 and the D49 roads, on the banks of the river Scarpe.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
1031	1042	1056	1023	982	1018	1033
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Joseph, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
• The eighteenth-century chateau d’Écoivres.
• Remains of an abbey church, destroyed in 1783.
• Two menhirs, known as the Twin Stones.

Towers of the abbey of Mont Saint-Éloi

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery at Écoivres
• Mont-Saint-Éloi on the Quid website (French)

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  The menhirs

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  Menhirs

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  Écoivres village

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  Features on the church spire

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  Aerial view of the countryside

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  Aerial view

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  Aerial view of the abbey