Merck-Saint-Liévin

Merck-Saint-Liévin
Commune
Aa river
Coat of arms
Merck-Saint-Liévin Location within Hauts-de-France region Merck-Saint-Liévin
Coordinates: 50°37′40″N 2°06′55″E / 50.6278°N 2.1153°E / 50.6278; 2.1153Coordinates: 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	Francis Dhalleine
Area1	11.85 km2 (4.58 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	569
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (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. 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 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.

Population

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Merck-Saint-Liévin.

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

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