Meurchin

Meurchin
Commune
The town hall of Meurchin
Coat of arms
Meurchin Meurchin
Coordinates: 50°29′52″N 2°53′27″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Wingles
Intercommunality	CA Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédéric Alloï
Area 1	4.64 km2 (1.79 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62573 /62410
Elevation	17–45 m (56–148 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Meurchin is a former coalmining town, nowadays a farming and light industrial town, 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D164 and the D165 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,397	—
1975	3,252	−0.62%
1982	3,422	+0.73%
1990	3,748	+1.14%
1999	3,632	−0.35%
2007	3,662	+0.10%
2012	3,761	+0.53%
2017	3,786	+0.13%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• The church of St.Peter, rebuilt along with most of the town, after the First World War.
• The German military cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

• A website about Meurchin and environs (in French)
• Official town website (in French)
• Website of the friends of the town of Meurchin (in French)