Mont-Saint-Éloi

Population

| 1968|1042 | 1975|1056 | 1982|1023 | 1990|982 | 1999|1018 | 2007|1009 | 2012|1011 | 2017|1023

Mont Saint-Éloi Abbey

The monastery was founded in the 7th century by Vindicianus, bishop of Arras and devotee of Saint Eligius. The bishop was buried in the nearby Bois d'Ecoives, but his relics were subsequently removed to the Abbey Church of St. Joseph, which was enlarged in the 11th century. The abbey adopted the Rule of Saint Augustine, and was the motherhouse of St. Botolph's Priory in Colchester. The medieval buildings were demolished in 1750 to make way for a church and convent, necessitated by the aging and shallow foundations of the old abbey.

During the French Revolution, the monks left and the abbey was converted into a quarry and pillaged for the stone. What remained of the towers and facade serving as a military observation point during the First World War. In 1915 heavy shelling damaged the towers. It is a protected monument.

Image:Demoiselles.jpg|The menhirs Image:montsteloi.jpg|Menhirs Image:ecoivres01.jpg|Écoivres village Image:ecoivres02.jpg|Features on the church spire Image:Mont-Saint-Eloi-Aerien-VueSE.jpg|Aerial view of the countryside Image:Mont-Saint-Eloi-Aerien-Rue-du-General-Barbot.jpg|Aerial view Image:Mont-Saint-Eloi-Aerien-Abbaye.jpg|Aerial view of the abbey Image:steloi1.jpg|Towers of the abbey of Mont Saint-Éloi

References

References

1. (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
2. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62589-mont-saint-eloi INSEE commune file]
3. [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62589#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
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