Marœuil
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Arras | |
| Canton | Arras-1 | |
| Community association | Arras | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 19 ′ N , 2 ° 42 ′ E | |
| height | 58-117 m | |
| surface | 11.82 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,464 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 208 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62161 | |
| INSEE code | 62557 | |
| Website | http://www.maroeuil.fr/ | |
Marœuil ( Flemish : Marol ) is a French municipality with 2464 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Arras and the Canton of Arras-1 (until 2015: Canton Dainville ).
geography
Marœuil is on the Scarpe . Marœuil is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Mont-Saint-Éloi in the north, Neuville-Saint-Vaast in the northeast, Anzin-Saint-Aubin in the east, Duisans in the southeast, Étrun in the southwest and Haute-Avesnes in the west.
The Route nationale 25 runs through the municipality .
history
Marœuil is first mentioned around 680 as a maraculum . The first church, already then with the patronage of Sainte-Bertille, has been documented since the year 697.
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
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| Residents | 1,685 | 1,619 | 1,706 | 1,815 | 2,296 | 2,509 | 2,387 | 2,452 |
Attractions
- 19th century Sainte-Bertille church
- British military cemetery
- Ruins of the Abbey of Saint-Amand-et-Sainte-Bertille, founded in 935, with chapel, monument historique since 1987
Personalities
- Bertile de Marœil (d. 697), saint of the Roman Catholic Church, died in Marœil, canonized in 1081
Parish partnership
A partnership has existed with the former municipality of Bösperde , now a district of Menden (Sauerland) in North Rhine-Westphalia, since 1984 .
