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Mons

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commune in Haute-Garonne, France

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Within Vinony's link graph, Mons is referenced by 591 other articles, and connects out to France, time zone and geographic coordinate system.

It is catalogued under the topic Communes of Haute-Garonne.

Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.

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Place details

Locality
Mons
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Population
1,224
Timezone
Europe/Paris

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Key facts

Country
France
Region
Occitania
Department
Haute-Garonne
Arrondissement
Toulouse
Canton
Toulouse-10
Intercommunality
Toulouse Métropole
Mayor 2020 2026
Véronique Doittau
Area
7.32 km (2.83 sq mi)
Population 2023
1,861
Density
254/km (658/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst
UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Insee postal code
31355 /31280
Elevation
151–233 m (495–764 ft) , (avg. 150 m or 490 ft)

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Mons
Country
France
Population
1861
Area
7.32
Elevation
195
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Pin-Balma
Official website
www.mairie-mons.com
Image
Mons31 mairie eg.JPG
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Commons category
Mons (Haute-Garonne)
postal code
31280
different from
Mons
associated electoral district
canton of Toulouse-10
male population
910
female population
870
email address
mailto:[email protected]
phone number
+33-5-61-83-63-66
contact page URL
mairie-mons.com/contact
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Travel guide

Understand

Mons was the European Capital of Culture in 2015, together with Plzeň in the Czech Republic. Mons city government website

Get in

thumb|right|Screen door of the Mons Royal Theate

Get around

A free shuttle service runs between 07:00 and 21:00. The shuttles run along three circuits, all of which terminate at the train station Gare B. All run past Sainte Waudru and the Grand Place.

Sleep

thumb|right|The belfry thumb|right|Mons seen from the countryside

Go next

The historic town of Nimy is a few kilometers to the north up the N6. The Grand-Large Marina is close to the Imagipark amusement park, and is a good place to start a canal tour of the local waterways. The MAC's in Grand-Hornu (via TEC Bus lines 7 and 9) is a beautiful museum in a superb historic industrial coal site. Visit also the places near Grand-Hornu where Vincent Van Gogh lived. Cambron-Casteau — home to Pairi Daiza, a popular animal park north of Mons on the way to Ath.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Encyclopedic overview

Mons ( French pronunciation: [mɔ̃s] ; Occitan: Monts) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department of southwestern France on the edge of the Pyrénées.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mons” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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