Merck-Saint-Liévin

Merck-Saint-Liévin
Commune
Aa river
Coat of arms
Location of Merck-Saint-Liévin
Merck-Saint-Liévin Merck-Saint-Liévin
Coordinates: 50°37′40″N 2°06′55″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Fruges
Intercommunality	Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor	Francis Dhalleine
Area 1	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 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

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 (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