Merville, Parañaque

Merville, officially Barangay Merville, is a barangay in Parañaque. It is one of Parañaque's 16 barangays and is part of the city's 2nd district. Featuring a namesake gated residential community, it was created on April 3, 1978 as a barangay out of barangay La Huerta under Presidential Decree No. 1325.

Merville is bordered to the east by the city of Taguig and barangay San Martín de Porres, to the west is barangay Moonwalk, to the south are the barangays of Sun Valley and Don Bosco, and to the north is the city of Pasay.

Etymology
Based on the infographic map created by Marvin Lopez, which was shared by Parañaque City Public Library in October 2020, Merville is a shorthand term of Meralco Village.

History
Barangay Merville was established out of Barangay La Huerta on April 3, 1978, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1325 signed by President Ferdinand Marcos. It initially included Admiral Village and Merville subdivisions.

Government
Merville is led by barangay captain Edgar G. Caballero.

Population
Starting in 1980, the population of Merville has been counted once every 5 years except in 2007 when it was carried out on August 1.

Merville's inhabitants make up 4.13% of Parañaque's overall population and the PSA stopped checking the number of households and household populations after 2000.

There was no population census in 1985 due to Political and economic problems and there was no population census in 2005 due to Budget issues although a population census was done 2 years later.