Mont-Saint-Éloi

Coordinates: 50°21′07″N 2°41′38″E / 50.3519°N 2.6939°E / 50.3519; 2.6939
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Mont-Saint-Éloi
Sint-Eloois Berg
Commune
Abbey of Mont Saint-Éloi
Abbey of Mont Saint-Éloi
Coat of arms of Mont-Saint-Éloi
Coat of arms
Location of Mont-Saint-Éloi
Map
Mont-Saint-Éloi is located in France
Mont-Saint-Éloi
Mont-Saint-Éloi
Mont-Saint-Éloi is located in Hauts-de-France
Mont-Saint-Éloi
Mont-Saint-Éloi
Coordinates: 50°21′07″N 2°41′38″E / 50.3519°N 2.6939°E / 50.3519; 2.6939
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementArras
CantonArras-1
IntercommunalityCU Arras
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Bavière[1]
Area
1
15.85 km2 (6.12 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
1,019
 • Density64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62589 /62144
Elevation67–145 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.

Mont-Saint-Éloi (French pronunciation:

West Flemish: Sint-Elooisberg) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]

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

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
19681,042—    
19751,056+0.19%
19821,023−0.45%
1990982−0.51%
19991,018+0.40%
20071,009−0.11%
20121,011+0.04%
20171,023+0.24%
Source: INSEE[4]

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.

Mont Saint-Éloi Abbey

The monastery was founded in the 7th century by

St. Botolph's Priory in Colchester.[5]
The medieval buildings were demolished in 1750 to make way for a church and convent, necessitated by the aging and shallow foundations of the old abbey.

During the Revolution, the monks left and the abbey was converted into a quarry and pillaged for the stone.[6] What remained of the towers and facade serving as a military observation point during the First World War. In 1915 heavy shelling damaged the towers. It is a protected monument.[7]

  • The menhirs
    The menhirs
  • Menhirs
    Menhirs
  • Écoivres village
    Écoivres village
  • Features on the church spire
    Features on the church spire
  • Aerial view of the countryside
    Aerial view of the countryside
  • Aerial view
    Aerial view
  • Aerial view of the abbey
    Aerial view of the abbey
  • Towers of the abbey of Mont Saint-Éloi
    Towers of the abbey of Mont Saint-Éloi

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  5. ^ "Houses of Austin canons: Priory of St Botolph, Colchester | British History Online".
  6. ^ "One of the biggest abbeys of the Hauts-de-France", Arras Pays d’Artois Tourisme
  7. ^ "Ancienne église abbatiale à Mont-Saint-Eloi", Monumentum, Carte des Monuments Historiques français

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