Marest

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Marest
Marest
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Marest
Coordinates: 50°28′05″N 2°24′56″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	UPEURASS
Canton	Heuchin
Intercommunality	Pernois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Helleboid
Area1	3.16 km2 (1.22 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	275
• Density	87/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62553 / 62550
Elevation	75–178 m (246–584 ft) (avg. 95 m or 312 ft)
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.

Marest is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France 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)