Merville (Q14874688)

  • matcher place: Comox Valley Regional District (relation 2218264), Vancouver Island (relation 2249770)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: British Columbia geography stubs, Designated places in British Columbia, Populated places in the Comox Valley Regional District, Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Merville is an unincorporated community in the Comox Valley between the City of Courtenay, Mount Washington, Dove Creek, and Black Creek near the east coast of Vancouver Island. It was named by Canadian World War I soldiers returning to the Island after fighting in France; they named it after Merville-Franceville-Plage, where the Canadians had their first field headquarters.: 172 

Summary from Français / French Wikipedia (frwiki)

Merville est une communauté située dans la province de la Colombie-Britannique, dans le District régional de Comox Valley.

Wikidata location: 49.7833, -125.0670 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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node: Merville (OSM), 1.03 km from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Merville
place: hamlet
population: 2115
wikidata: Q14874688

wikidata match: Q14874688

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Populated places in the Comox Valley Regional District boundary=administrative, landuse=residential, place, admin_level