Mont-Saint-Éloi

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

Mont-Saint-Éloi
Commune
Abbey of Mont Saint-Éloi
Coat of arms
Location of Mont-Saint-Éloi
Mont-Saint-Éloi Mont-Saint-Éloi
Coordinates: 50°21′07″N 2°41′38″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Arras-1
Intercommunality	CU Arras
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Bavière
Area ^1	15.85 km^2 (6.12 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,023
• Density	65/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,042	—
1975	1,056	+0.19%
1982	1,023	−0.45%
1990	982	−0.51%
1999	1,018	+0.40%
2007	1,009	−0.11%
2012	1,011	+0.04%
2017	1,023	+0.24%
Source: INSEE[2]

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

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• The CWGC cemetery at Écoivres

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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