Mons-en-Barœul

Mons-en-Barœul
Mons-en-Barœul
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Mons-en-Barœul
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lille-Nord-Est
Intercommunality	Lille Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Rudy Elegeest
Area1	2.88 km2 (1.11 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	22,360
• Density	7,800/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59410 / 59370
Elevation	22–47 m (72–154 ft) (avg. 31 m or 102 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.

Mons-en-Barœul is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

It is a suburb of the city of Lille, and is adjacent to it on the northeast. The name Mons-en-Barœul means mount in the Barœul, the city is actually built on a slight hill; the Barœul was a former territory (see also Marcq-en-Barœul). Before the sixteenth century, little is known of this county, which was only rural. Plans of the eighteenth century show Mons-en-Barœul as a small village without a church, with farms scattered along the high road from Lille to Roubaix. It is a former dependency of Fives, a district which is now part of Lille.

Heraldry

Arms of Mons-en-Barœul

The arms of Mons-en-Barœul are blazoned : Or, a bend sable. (Flesquières, Gonnelieu, Mons-en-Barœul and Viesly use the same arms.)

People

• Michel Butor was born in Mons-en-Barœul.

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official website