Marck, Pas-de-Calais

Marck
Marck
Commune
	The centre of Marck
	Coat of arms
	Location of Marck
	Marck Marck
	Coordinates: 50°56′55″N 1°57′03″E / 50.9486°N 1.9508°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Marck
Intercommunality	CA Grand Calais Terres et Mers
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Serge Péron
Area 1	31.55 km2 (12.18 sq mi)
Population (2021)	10,494
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62548 /62730
Elevation	0–14 m (0–46 ft) ; (avg. 6 m or 20 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Marck is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Marck is a farming and light industrial town located 6 km east of Calais, at the junction of the D940 and D248 roads. The A26 ‘autoroute des Anglaises’ passes through the commune and the Louis Blériot airport is in the middle of the commune. The small villages of Les Hemmes-de-Marck and Fort-Vert, both on the D191 road, are included in the population.

Politics

Pierre-Henri Dumont served as the Mayor from 2014 to 2017.^[2]

Demographic evolution

Year	Population
1962	3899
1968	4576
1975	5735
1982	7448
1999	9069
1999	8987
2006	9235

There are three elementary schools and one middle school.

Main sights

The church of St. Martin, dating from the twentieth century, is an official historical monument since January 17, 2002. The original church, dated from the 15th century, was destroyed with explosives in 1944 during World War II.^[3]
There is a headstone placed in memory of those who perished during the bombing of Rue Du Sable in Marck on September 28, 1944 by the Allied Forces. This bombing killed over 30 inhabitants and injured many, the largest Marck had ever faced at one time. This street was subsequently renamed Rue Du 28 Septembre in memory of this terrible tragedy.^[3]
The brick tower of an old windmill.
There is a war memorial at the center of the town with the names of town locals that were killed during World War I, World War II and other subsequent wars.

References

INSEE commune file

^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ "Biographie de Pierre-Henri Dumont - Marck-en-Calaisis". www.ville-marck.fr. Retrieved 2020-01-09.
^ ^a ^b Littoral, Nord. "Il y a 70 ans, la ville de Marck était martyrisée par une bombe". Nord Littoral. Retrieved 2016-10-23.

External links

Calais airport (in French)

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[popleg2021-1] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[2] "Biographie de Pierre-Henri Dumont - Marck-en-Calaisis". www.ville-marck.fr. Retrieved 2020-01-09.

[:0-3] Littoral, Nord. "Il y a 70 ans, la ville de Marck était martyrisée par une bombe". Nord Littoral. Retrieved 2016-10-23.

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