Merck-Saint-Liévin (; pcd, Merck-Saint-Lévin; vls, Sint-Lievens-Merk) is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...
Hauts-de-France
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region of
France
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Merck-Saint-Liévin lies about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of
Saint-Omer
Saint-Omer (; vls, Sint-Omaars) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France.
It is west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the Artois province. The town is named after Saint Audomar, ...
, on the D225 roads. The river Aa flows through the village.
Ghent
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(martyred in 657 or 663), an Irish bishop who evangelized
Flanders
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and Brabant, and is highly venerated in northern France.
Population
Places of interest
* An eighteenth-century mill.
* The church of St. Omer, dating from the seventeenth century
Image:merck-eglise.JPG, View from the south
Image:merck-porche.JPG, Cemetery gate
Image:merck-porte.JPG, The side entrance
Image:Merck01.jpg, Features on the spire
Image:Merck05.jpg, The nave
Image:Merck07.jpg, The font