Mers-les-Bains
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Abbeville | |
| Canton | Friville escarbotin | |
| Community association | Villes Sœurs | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 4 ′ N , 1 ° 23 ′ E | |
| height | 0-99 m | |
| surface | 5.39 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,825 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 524 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80350 | |
| INSEE code | 80533 | |
| Website | www.ville-merslesbains.fr | |
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Mers-les-Bains is a French commune with 2,825 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . The inhabitants are called Mersois .
location
Mers-les-Bains is the westernmost municipality in the Somme department. It is located on the coast of the English Channel , at the mouth of the Bresle , which forms the border between Picardy and Normandy , embedded between the chalk cliffs . Characteristic for the place are numerous villas in the style of the 1860s . Le Tréport is on the other side of the department and regional border . The next bigger place is Eu .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 |
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| Residents | 3834 | 4107 | 4628 | 3945 | 3540 | 3394 | 3124 |
Town twinning
Mers-les-Bains is twinned with the German city of Beverungen in North Rhine-Westphalia .
Esplanade
Notre-Dame on the "Blockhaus", a German bunker from the Second World War.
Personalities
- Eugène Dabit (1898–1936), painter and writer
- Augustin Chantrel (1906–1956), football player
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