Merville, officially Barangay Merville, is a

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. It is one of Parañaque's 16 barangays and is part of the city's 2nd district. Featuring a namesake gated residential community, it was created on April 3, 1978 as a barangay out of barangay La Huerta under Presidential Decree No. 1325. Merville is bordered to the east by the city of

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and barangay San Martín de Porres, to the west is barangay Moonwalk, to the south are the barangays of Sun Valley and

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, and to the north is the city of

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Etymology

According to historian Dulce Festin-Baybay, Merville is short for Meralco Village.

History

Barangay Merville was established out of Barangay La Huerta on April 3, 1978, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1325 signed by President

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. It initially included Admiral Village and Merville subdivisions.

Government

Merville is led by barangay captain Edgar G. Caballero.

Population

Starting in 1980, the population of Merville has been counted once every 5 years1980 to 1985 etc. except in 2007 when it was carried out on August 1. Merville's inhabitants make up 4.13% of Parañaque's overall population and the PSA stopped checking the number of households and household populations after 2000. There was no population census in 1985 due to Political and economic problems and there was no population census in 2005 due to Budget issues although a population census was done 2 years later.

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* {{Metro Manila populated places __FORCETOC__ Barangays of Metro Manila Parañaque Gated communities in the Philippines 1978 establishments in the Philippines Establishments by Philippine presidential decree