Mons-en-Barœul

Mons-en-Barœul
The church in Mons-en-Barœul
Location of Mons-en-Barœul
Mons-en-Barœul
Mons-en-Barœul
Coordinates: 50°38′13″N 3°06′37″E / 50.636925°N 3.110259°E / 50.636925; 3.110259
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementLille
CantonLille-3
IntercommunalityMétropole Européenne de Lille
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Rudy Elegeest[1]
Area
1
2.88 km2 (1.11 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[2]
21,105
 • Density7,330/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59410 /59370
Elevation22–47 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.

Mons-en-Barœul (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃s ɑ̃ baʁœl]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]

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 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

The arms of Mons-en-Barœul are blazoned :

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



Population

Notable people

  • Michel Butor, poet and novelist, was born in Mons-en-Barœul.

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 de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Mons-en-Baroeul, EHESS (in French).
  5. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE