Mont-Saint-Éloi
Mont-Saint-Éloi is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
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![]() Abbey of Mont Saint-Éloi | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
Location of Mont-Saint-Éloi ![]() | |
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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 km2 (6.12 sq mi) |
Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 1,023 |
• Density | 65/km2 (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 km2 (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
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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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
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gollark: Most people are on copper-to-a-magic-box-which-has-fibre, which they call "fibre", which is a total lie.
gollark: Awful internet infrastructure, though.
gollark: In the UK we have a relatively reliable power grid even out here in the middle of Nowhere (Nowhere is otherwise known as the north east).
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- The menhirs
- Menhirs
- Écoivres village
- Features on the church spire
- Aerial view of the countryside
- Aerial view
- Aerial view of the abbey
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