Marquion

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Marquion
Marquion
Coordinates: 50°12′42″N 3°05′12″E / 50.2117°N 3.0867°E / 50.2117; 3.0867Coordinates: 50°12′42″N 3°05′12″E / 50.2117°N 3.0867°E / 50.2117; 3.0867
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Marquion
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Marquion
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Julien Olivier
Area
  Land1 8.22 km2 (3.17 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Population2 986
  Population2 Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62559 / 62860
Elevation 43–79 m (141–259 ft)
(avg. 52 m or 171 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.

Marquion is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Marquion is a farming and light industrial village situated 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D939 and the D15 roads. Junction 8 of the A26 autoroute is just a mile away.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
845 859 874 887 947 1008 986
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Aignan dating from the sixteenth century.

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