Marck, Pas-de-Calais

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Coordinates: 50°56′55″N 1°57′03″E / 50.9486111111, 1.95083333333

Commune of Marck
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-Est
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Calaisis
Mayor	Serge Péron (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	0 m–14 m (avg. 6 m)
Land area¹	31,55 km²
Population² (1999)	8 987
- Density	284/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62548/ 62730
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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Marck is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 Places of interest 4 See also 5 External links 6 Notes

[edit] Geography

A farming and light industrial town located 4 miles (6km) 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.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
3899	4576	5735	7448	9069	8987
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the 20th century.
• The brick tower of an old windmill.

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
• AS Marck

[edit] External links

• Calais airport (French)
• Marck on the Insee website (French)
• Marck on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 28th 2008.