Merckeghem
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | North | |
Arrondissement | Dunkerque | |
Canton | Wormhout | |
Community association | Hauts de Flandre | |
Coordinates | 50 ° 52 ′ N , 2 ° 18 ′ E | |
height | 0-63 m | |
surface | 10.73 km 2 | |
Residents | 593 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 55 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 59470 | |
INSEE code | 59397 |
Merckeghem ( Dutch Merkegem ) is a French municipality with 593 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France .
history
The earliest mentioning of the place name as Marchinchham goes back to the year 1085 and means Land of the Mark or Land of the Marko . The first written mention as Merchinhem can be found in 1160 in the abbey of Bourbourg .
Population development
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2015 |
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603 | 560 | 489 | 546 | 531 | 540 | 578 | 584 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Soil monuments
See: List of Monuments historiques in Merckeghem
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1763-1764.
Web links
Commons : Merckeghem - collection of images, videos and audio files