Merck-Saint-Liévin

Merck-Saint-Liévin
Aa river Aa river
Merck-Saint-Liévin
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Merck-Saint-Liévin
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Fauquembergues
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Canton de Fauquembergues
Government
• Mayor	Francis Dhalleine
Area1	11.85 km2 (4.58 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	569
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62569 / 62560
Elevation	56–172 m (184–564 ft) (avg. 68 m or 223 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Merck-Saint-Liévin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Merck-Saint-Liévin lies about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, on the D225 roads. The river Aa flows through the village.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
535	550	547	514	517	507	569
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• An eighteenth-century mill.
• The church of St. Omer, dating from the seventeenth century

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Merck-Saint-Liévin on the Insee website (French)
• Merck-Saint-Liévin on the Quid website (French)

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  View from the south

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  Cemetery gate

• Merck-porte.JPG

  The side entrance

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  Features on the spire

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  The nave

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  The font