Marest

Marest
Marest
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Marest
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Heuchin
Intercommunality	Pernois
Mayor	Bernard Helleboid (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	75–178 m (246–584 ft) (avg. 95 m/312 ft)
Land area1	3.16 km2 (1.22 sq mi)
Population2	275  (2006)
- Density	87 /km2 (230 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62553/ 62550
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 50°28′05″N 2°24′56″E / 50.4680555556°N 2.41555555556°E / 50.4680555556; 2.41555555556

Marest is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Marest is situated 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D89 and the D916 roads.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
210	228	215	242	240	242	275
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Vaast, dating from the seventeenth century.
• An eighteenth-century windmill.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Marest on the Quid website (French)