Mons commonly refers to: *

Mons, Belgium Mons (; German and , ; Walloon language, Walloon and ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the Hainaut Province, province of Hainaut, Belgium. Mons was made into a fortifi ...

, a city in Belgium *

Mons pubis In human anatomy, and in mammals in general, the ''mons pubis'' or pubic mound (also known simply as the mons , and known specifically in females as the ''mons Venus'' or ''mons veneris'') is a rounded mass of fatty tissue found over the pubic s ...

(mons Venus or mons veneris), in mammalian anatomy, the adipose tissue lying above the pubic bone *

Mons (planetary nomenclature) Mons (plural: montes , from the Latin word for "mountain") is a mountain on a celestial body. The term is used in planetary nomenclature: it is a part of the international names of such features. It is capitalized and usually stands after the p ...

, a sizable extraterrestrial mountain *

Battle of Mons The Battle of Mons was the first major action of the British Expeditionary Force (World War I), British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in the First World War. It was a subsidiary action of the Battle of the Frontiers, in which the Allies of World W ...

, a 1914 World War I battle in Mons, Belgium Mons or MONS may also refer to:

Places

Mons, Queensland Mons is a rural residential locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Buderim urban centre. In the , Mons had a population of 1,179 people. History The name ''Mons'' commemorates a Battle of Mons that ...

, Australia, a suburb of the Sunshine Coast * Mons, Graubünden, Switzerland, a village

France

* Mons, Charente, a commune in the Charente ''département'' * Mons, Charente-Maritime, a commune in the Charente-Maritime ''département'' * Mons, Gard, a commune in the Gard ''département'' * Mons, Haute-Garonne, a commune in the Haute-Garonne ''département'' * Mons, Hérault, a commune in the Hérault ''département'' *

Mons, Puy-de-Dôme Mons is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department of France France, officially ...

, a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme ''département'' *

Mons, Var Mons (; or ) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Geography Situated at an altitude of 814 metres the commune of Mons encompasses a vast territory of in the Var, Provence, rang ...

, a commune in the Var ''département'' * Mons-Boubert, a commune in the Somme ''département'' *

Mons-en-Barœul Mons-en-Barœul () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. 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; t ...

, a commune in the Nord ''département'' * Mons-en-Laonnois, a commune in the Aisne ''département'' *

Mons-en-Montois Mons-en-Montois () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. Demographics The inhabitants are called the ''Montoyens''. See also *Communes of the Seine-et-Marne department The follow ...

, a commune in the Seine-et-Marne ''département'' *

Mons-en-Pévèle Mons-en-Pévèle () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Population Heraldry See also *Communes of the Nord department The following is a list of the 647 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic. T ...

, a commune in the Nord ''département''

People

Mons (name) Mons is used as a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Anna Mons (1672–1714), mistress of Tsar Peter I of Russia * Chloé Mons (born 1972), French actress and singer * Evgeny Mons (born 1989), Ru ...

, list of people with the name

Other uses

* Mons., abbreviation of Monsignor, an honour within the Catholic Church *

Mons Records Mons Records is a German independent record label for jazz and classical music founded in 1991 by Thilo Berg in Trippstadt. The label has released music by among others Clark Terry, Jeff Hamilton, Bobby Shew, Tom Harrell, Ray Brown, Benny ...

, a jazz record-label in Germany * ''Mons'' (film), a 1926 British silent film *

Mons (Walloon Parliament constituency) Mons is a parliamentary constituency in Belgium used to elect members of the Parliament of Wallonia The Parliament of Wallonia (, ), or the Walloon Parliament (, ) in the decrees, is the legislative body of Wallonia, one of the three self-gover ...

, in Belgium *

Mons Officer Cadet School Mons Officer Cadet School was a British military training establishment for officer cadets in Aldershot from 1942 to 1972, when it was closed and all officer training concentrated at Sandhurst. The training course at Mons was for National Servic ...

, a British Army training establishment, 1947–1972 *

Ministry of National Security (Grenada) The Ministry of National Security (MONS), officially titled the Ministry of National Security, Public Administration, Home Affairs, Information & Communications Technology, is the interior ministry An interior ministry or ministry of the interior ...

(MONS), the interior ministry of the government of Grenada