Mons

commune in Charente-Maritime, France

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Place details

Locality: Mons
Region: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country: France
Population: 486

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Key facts

Country: France
Region: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Department: Charente-Maritime
Arrondissement: Saint-Jean-d'Angély
Canton: Matha
Mayor 2020 2026: Jean-Michel Manceau
Area: 15.63 km (6.03 sq mi)
Density: 28.5/km (73.7/sq mi)
Time zone: UTC+01:00 ( CET )
Summer dst: UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
Insee postal code: 17239 /17160
Elevation: 14–31 m (46–102 ft) , (avg. 24 m or 79 ft)

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Mons
Population: 445
Area: 15.63
Elevation: 22
Image: Mons17.6.JPG

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Commons category: Mons (Charente-Maritime)
postal code: 17160
male population: 216
female population: 222
email address: mailto:[email protected]
phone number: +33-5-46-25-03-64

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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.

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