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Meurchin

commune in Pas-de-Calais, France
Place commune_of_france Q1025125

Facts

19 properties

Identity

Instance of
commune of France
Official website
www.meurchin.fr[15]
Official name
Meurchin[28]

Location

Country
France[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 50.497°, 2.890°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Pas-de-Calais, Agglomeration community of Lens – Liévin, arrondissement of Lens[2][3][4]
Shares border with
Bauvin, Provin, Carvin, Estevelles, Pont-à-Vendin, Vendin-le-Vieil, Wingles, Billy-Berclau[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

Population and size

Area
+4.64[34]
Elevation above sea level
30 (17–45, n=3)[31][32][33]
Female population
+1938[29]
Male population
+1848[30]
Population
3.7k (3.7k–3.8k, n=10)[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]

Codes

Postal code
62410[14]
More facts +6
Award received
Croix de guerre 1914–1918[1]
Associated electoral district
canton of Wingles[36]
Fax number
+33-3-21-40-77-57[35]
Located in the statistical territorial entity
Aire d'attraction de Lille (partie française), Unité urbaine de Béthune[37][38]
Office held by head of government
Mayor of Meurchin[26]
Phone number
+33-3-21-74-08-13[27]
🏷️ Also known as
en Meurchin ar ميورتشين el Μερσέν ru Мёршен uk Мершен zh 默尔尚 zh-hant 默爾尚
🔖 Identifiers · 15
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Mairie de Meurchin.JPG ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
152690149
EHESS ID of a French commune
22366
Email address
mailto:accueil@meurchin.fr
FactGrid item ID
Johann Menge
Freebase ID
/m/02z7pdl
GeoNames ID
6439722
Insee municipality code
62573
KnowWhereGraph entity ID
administrativeRegion.FRA.7.4.5.20.3_1
NL CR AUT ID
ge1080023
National Address Base ID
80c310f7-512d-4609-be8c-fd2f767fbdc4
OpenStreetMap relation ID
178759
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OpenWeatherMap city ID
2994121
Topic's main category
Category:Meurchin
Who's on First ID
101840505
📚 Sources · 1
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🔗 Connections
Shares border with 8
Carvin, Billy-Berclau, Vendin-le-Vieil, Wingles, Bauvin, Estevelles, Pont-à-Vendin, Provin
← Shares border with 8
Carvin, Billy-Berclau, Vendin-le-Vieil, Wingles, Bauvin, Estevelles, Pont-à-Vendin, Provin
Located in the administrative territorial entity 2
Pas-de-Calais, arrondissement of Lens
Associated electoral district 1
canton of Wingles
Award received 1
Croix de guerre 1914–1918
Country 1
France
Instance of 1
commune of France
People born here 1
André Tassin
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FAQs

What awards did Meurchin receive?

Honors received include Croix de guerre 1914–1918[1].

Related Entities

Bauvin Billy-Berclau Carvin Estevelles France Pont-à-Vendin Provin Vendin-le-Vieil Wingles

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Populations légales 2016. wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Populations légales 2017. wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . Populations légales 2018. wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Populations légales 2019. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Populations légales 2020. wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Populations légales 2021. wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Populations de référence 2022. wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Populations de référence 2023. wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. wxs-telechargement.ign.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . Q133878296. data.geopf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . Annuaire de service-public.fr. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · MystBot bot · 2026-11-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Pas-de-Calais, Agglomeration community of Lens – Liévin, arrondissement of Lens
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