Merck-Saint-Liévin

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Merck-Saint-Liévin
Commune
Aa river
Coat of arms
Location of Merck-Saint-Liévin
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Coordinates: 50°37′40″N 2°06′55″E / 50.6278°N 2.1153°E / 50.6278; 2.1153
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Fruges
Intercommunality	Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Hochart
Area1	11.85 km2 (4.58 sq mi)
Population (2021)	674
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Merck-Saint-Liévin (French pronunciation: ; Picard: Merck-Saint-Lévin; West Flemish: Sint-Lievens-Merk) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France 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.

Toponym

The name apparently refers to Saint Livinus of Ghent (martyred in 657 or 663), an Irish bishop who evangelized Flanders and Brabant, and is highly venerated in northern France.

Population

Places of interest

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

View from the south
Cemetery gate
The side entrance
Features on the spire
The nave
The font

Transport

The station building, 2013.

The Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais opened a railway station at Merck-Saint-Lièvin in 1881. The railway was closed in 1955.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Farebrother & Farebrother 2008, p. 31.
^ Farebrother & Farebrother 2008, pp. 281–82.

Sources

Farebrother, Martin J B; Farebrother, Joan S (2008). Tortillards of Artois. Usk: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-679-5.

External links

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Statistical data, INSEE

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

pref: prefecture
subpr: subprefecture


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