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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 ...
department in the
Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. The ...
region of
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Geography

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.


Toponym

The name apparently refers to Saint Livinus of
Ghent Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest i ...
(martyred in 657 or 663), an Irish bishop who evangelized
Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to cultu ...
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


See also

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Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Statistical data
INSEE Mercksaintlievin {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub