Meurchin

Meurchin
Meurchin
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Meurchin
Coordinates: 50°29′52″N 2°53′27″E / 50.4978°N 2.8908°E / 50.4978; 2.8908Coordinates: 50°29′52″N 2°53′27″E / 50.4978°N 2.8908°E / 50.4978; 2.8908
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Wingles
Intercommunality	Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Laurent Maillard
Area1	4.64 km2 (1.79 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	3,690
• Density	800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62573 / 62410
Elevation	17–45 m (56–148 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Meurchin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Meurchin is a former coalmining town, nowadays a farming and light industrial town, 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D164 and the D165 roads.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Peter, rebuilt along with most of the town, after the First World War.
• The German military cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Meurchin.

• A website about Meurchin and environs (French)
• Official town website (French)
• Website of the friends of the town of Meurchin (French)
• Meurchin on the Quid website (French)