Marquion

Marquion
Commune
The church of Marquion
Coat of arms
Marquion
Location within Hauts-de-France region  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	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Marquion
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Julien Olivier
Area1	8.22 km2 (3.17 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	986
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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 Hauts-de-France 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

Places of interest

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

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marquion.

• The orchestra of the commune - Harmonie de Marquion (in French)
• Marquion on the Quid website (in French)