Marquillies

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Marquillies
Coat of arms of the Marquillies
Marquillies (France)
Marquillies
region Hauts-de-France
Department North
Arrondissement Lille
Canton Annœullin
Community association Métropole Européenne de Lille
Coordinates 50 ° 33 '  N , 2 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 33 '  N , 2 ° 52'  E
height 17-33 m
surface 6.91 km 2
Residents 1,997 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 289 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 59274
INSEE code
Website http://www.marquillies.com/

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Marquillies is a French commune with a population of 1,997 (as at 1st January 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Lille and is part of the canton Annœullin (until 2015: canton La Bassée ). The inhabitants are called Marquillois .

geography

Marquillies is about 16 kilometers southwest of Lille . Marquillies is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Wicres in the north, Sainghin-en-Weppes in the east and north-east, Billy-Berclau and Hantay in the south, Salomé in the south-west and Illies in the west and north-west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 1,249 1,302 1,297 1,392 1,445 1,602 1,752 1.997
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Sainte-Geneviève church, rebuilt in 1918
  • Coget Castle
  • Hospice of a congregation of sisters
  • Domain Bien Allier

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Marquillies

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 204-206.

Web links

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