Marquion

Marquion
Marquion
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Marquion
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Marquion
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Marquion
Mayor	Julien Olivier (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	43–79 m (141–259 ft) (avg. 52 m/171 ft)
Land area1	8.22 km2 (3.17 sq mi)
Population2	986  (2006)
- Density	120 /km2 (310 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62559/ 62860
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.

Coordinates: 50°12′42″N 3°05′12″E / 50.2116666667°N 3.08666666667°E / 50.2116666667; 3.08666666667

Marquion is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Marquion is a farming and light industrial village situated 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D939 and the D15 roads. Junction 8 of the A26 autoroute is just a mile away.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
845	859	874	887	947	1008	986
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Aignan dating from the sixteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The orchestra of the commune - Harmonie de Marquion (French)
• Marquion on the Quid website (French)