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Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
Marck Mark
Commune
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Location of Marck
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Coordinates: 50°56′55″N 1°57′03″E / 50.9486°N 1.9508°E / 50.9486; 1.9508
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementCalais
CantonMarck
IntercommunalityCA Grand Calais Terres et Mers
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Corinne Noël
Area31.55 km (12.18 sq mi)
Population10,468
 • Density330/km (860/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code62548 /62730
Elevation0–14 m (0–46 ft)
(avg. 6 m or 20 ft)
French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Marck (French pronunciation: [maʁk]; West Flemish: Mark) 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 (4 mi) east of Calais, at the junction of the D940 and D248 roads. The A26 autoroute (‘autoroute des Anglais’) passes through the commune. The small villages of Les Hemmes-de-Marck and Fort-Vert, both on the D191 road, are included in the population. Calais–Dunkerque Airport also known as the Louis Blériot airport, and originally known as Calais-Marck, is situated in the commune.

Politics

Pierre-Henri Dumont served as the Mayor from 2014 to 2017. Corinne Noël became Mayor in 2017.

Demographic evolution

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 4,576—    
1975 5,735+3.28%
1982 7,448+3.80%
1990 9,069+2.49%
1999 8,987−0.10%
2007 9,123+0.19%
2009 9,340+1.18%
2012 10,175+2.90%
2014 10,676+2.43%
2017 10,676+0.00%
2020 10,523−0.48%
Source: INSEE

The commune has 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 17 January 2002. The original church, dated from the 15th century, was destroyed with explosives in 1944 during World War II.
  • There is a headstone placed in memory of those who perished during the bombing of Rue Du Sable in Marck on 28 September 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.
  • 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.

See also

References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. INSEE commune file
  4. "Biographie de Pierre-Henri Dumont - Marck-en-Calaisis". www.ville-marck.fr. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  6. ^ Littoral, Nord. "Il y a 70 ans, la ville de Marck était martyrisée par une bombe". Nord Littoral. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department


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