Marcq-en-Barœul
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Commune of Marcq-en-Barœul | |
Location | |
Longitude | 03° 05' 50" E |
Latitude | 50° 40' 16" N |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Région | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
Département | Nord |
Arrondissement | Lille |
Canton | Marcq-en-Barœul |
Intercommunality | Lille Métropole |
Mayor | Bernard Gérard (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Altitude | 16 m–51 m (avg. 21 m) |
Land area¹ | 14.04 km² |
Population² (1999) |
37,177 |
- Density (1999) | 2,648/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 59378/ 59700 |
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq. mi. or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
Marcq-en-Barœul is a commune in the département of Nord and the Nord-Pas de Calais région of France. It is a suburb of the city of Lille, and is adjacent to it on the northeast. It is the sixth-largest component of the metropolitan Urban Community of Lille Métropole. In the 1999 census, Marcq-en-Barœul had a population of 37,177.