Marck
Mark | |
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Coordinates: 50°56′55″N 1°57′03″E / 50.9486°N 1.9508°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Calais |
Canton | Marck |
Intercommunality | CA Grand Calais Terres et Mers |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Corinne Noël[1] |
Area 1 | 31.55 km2 (12.18 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 10,494 |
• Density | 330/km2 (860/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 62548 /62730 |
Elevation | 0–14 m (0–46 ft) (avg. 6 m or 20 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Marck (French pronunciation: [maʁk]; West Flemish: Mark) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Marck is a farming and light industrial town located 6 km east of Calais, at the junction of the D940 and D248 roads. The A26 autoroute (‘autoroute des Anglais’) passes through the commune and the Louis Blériot airport is in the middle of the commune. The small villages of Les Hemmes-de-Marck and Fort-Vert, both on the D191 road, are included in the population. Calais–Dunkerque Airport is situated in the commune.
Pierre-Henri Dumont served as the Mayor from 2014 to 2017.[4]
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 4,576 | — |
1975 | 5,735 | +3.28% |
1982 | 7,448 | +3.80% |
1990 | 9,069 | +2.49% |
1999 | 8,987 | −0.10% |
2007 | 9,123 | +0.19% |
2009 | 9,340 | +1.18% |
2012 | 10,175 | +2.90% |
2014 | 10,676 | +2.43% |
2017 | 10,676 | +0.00% |
2020 | 10,523 | −0.48% |
Source: INSEE[5] |
The commune has three elementary schools and one middle school.[citation needed]