Marquion

Marquion
Commune
The church of Marquion
Coat of arms
Marquion Marquion
Coordinates: 50°12′42″N 3°05′12″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	CC Osartis Marquion
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacques Petit
Area 1	8.22 km2 (3.17 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62559 /62860
Elevation	43–79 m (141–259 ft) (avg. 52 m or 171 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Marquion (French pronunciation: ​[maʁkjɔ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Marquion is a farming and light industrial village situated 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D939 and the D15 roads. Junction 8 of the A26 autoroute is just a mile away.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	859	—
1975	874	+0.25%
1982	887	+0.21%
1990	947	+0.82%
1999	1,008	+0.70%
2007	953	−0.70%
2012	963	+0.21%
2017	976	+0.27%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• The church of St. Aignan dating from the sixteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

• The orchestra of the commune - Harmonie de Marquion (in French)
• Marquion on the Quid website (in French)