Mons-en-Barœul

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

Mons-en-Barœul
Commune
The church in Mons-en-Barœul
Coat of arms
Location of Mons-en-Barœul
Mons-en-Barœul Show map of France Mons-en-Barœul Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°38′13″N 3°06′37″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lille-3
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rudy Elegeest[1]
Area 1	2.88 km2 (1.11 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	21,368
• Density	7,400/km2 (19,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

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

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.)

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 705 —     1800 671 −0.70% 1806 770 +2.32% 1821 738 −0.28% 1831 803 +0.85% 1836 807 +0.10% 1841 889 +1.95% 1846 1,043 +3.25% 1851 1,120 +1.43% 1856 1,319 +3.32% 1861 1,557 +3.37% 1866 1,868 +3.71% 1872 2,168 +2.51% 1876 2,383 +2.39% 1881 2,389 +0.05% 1886 2,891 +3.89% 1891 2,832 −0.41% 1896 3,575 +4.77%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 4,226 +3.40% 1906 5,059 +3.66% 1911 5,949 +3.29% 1921 6,792 +1.33% 1926 7,227 +1.25% 1931 8,096 +2.30% 1936 8,705 +1.46% 1946 9,030 +0.37% 1954 9,125 +0.13% 1962 11,531 +2.97% 1968 14,113 +3.42% 1975 28,070 +10.32% 1982 26,638 −0.75% 1990 23,578 −1.51% 1999 23,017 −0.27% 2007 22,664 −0.19% 2012 21,272 −1.26% 2017 20,782 −0.47%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968–2017)[5]

Notable people

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

See also

• Communes of the Nord department