Pont-à-Marcq

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Pont-à-Marcq
Coat of arms of Pont-à-Marcq
Pont-à-Marcq (France)
Pont-à-Marcq
region Hauts-de-France
Department North
Arrondissement Lille
Canton Templeuve
Community association Pévèle-Carembault
Coordinates 50 ° 31 '  N , 3 ° 7'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 31 '  N , 3 ° 7'  E
height 29-42 m
surface 2.22 km 2
Residents 2,884 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 1,299 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 59710
INSEE code 59466
Website http://www.ville-pontamarcq.fr/
Saint-Quentin Church

Pont-à-Marcq ( Flemish : Pont de brand ) is a French municipality with 2,884 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Lille and the canton of Templeuve . The inhabitants call themselves Pontamarcquois (es) .

geography

Pont-à-Marcq is located about 13 kilometers south-southeast of Lille on the Marque River . Pont-à-Marcq is surrounded by the neighboring communities Ennevelin in the north and east, Mérignies in the south and Avelin in the west and north-west.

The former Route nationale 17 (today's D917) and the former Route nationale 49 run through the municipality .

Population development

year Residents year Residents year Residents year Residents
1793 508 1846 826 1886 856 1954 1,050
1800 406 1851 869 1891 921 1962 1,492
1806 498 185 870 1901 883 1968 1,486
1821 624 1861 830 1911 900 1975 1,652
1831 714 1872 765 1921 813 1982 1,940
1836 764 1876 745 1926 869 2006 2,393
1841 794 1881 806 1931 875 2011 2,733

Attractions

  • Saint-Quentin Church
  • World War II British military cemetery

Personalities

literature

  • Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1308-1309.

Web links

Commons : Pont-à-Marcq  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pont-à-Marcq on cassini.ehess.fr (French).