Mont-Saint-Éloi
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Arras | |
| Canton | Dainville | |
| Intercommunality | Artois | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Pierre Bavière | |
| Area1 | 15.85 km2 (6.12 sq mi) | |
| Population (2006)2 | 1,033 | |
| • Density | 65/km2 (170/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62589 / 62144 | |
| Elevation | 67–145 m (220–476 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft) |
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Mont-Saint-Éloi is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
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 |
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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.
File:Steloi1.jpg
Towers of the abbey of Mont Saint-Éloi
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Demoiselles.jpg
The menhirs
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Montsteloi.jpg
Menhirs
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Ecoivres01.jpg
Écoivres village
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Ecoivres02.jpg
Features on the church spire
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Mont-Saint-Eloi-Aerien-VueSE.jpg
Aerial view of the countryside
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Mont-Saint-Eloi-Aerien-Rue-du-General-Barbot.jpg
Aerial view
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Mont-Saint-Eloi-Aerien-Abbaye.jpg
Aerial view of the abbey
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