Mercatel

Mercatel
Mercatel
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Mercatel
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Beaumetz-lès-Loges
Intercommunality	Communauté urbaine d'Arras
Mayor	Adrienne Crombez (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	71–99 m (233–325 ft) (avg. 88 m or 289 ft)
Land area1	5.76 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Population2	640  (2006)
- Density	111 /km2 (290 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62568/ 62217
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°14′10″N 2°47′47″E / 50.2361°N 2.7964°E / 50.2361; 2.7964

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

Geography [edit]

Mercatel is situated 4 miles (6 km) south of Arras, at the junction of the D34 and the N17 roads.

Population [edit]

Places of interest [edit]

• The church of St.Leger, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also [edit]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References [edit]

• INSEE commune file

External links [edit]

• The CWGC cemetery
• Mercatel on the Quid website (French)

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