Kerċem

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Kerċem ( officially: Ta ' Kerċem, English: Kerchem ) is a municipality in the western part of the island of Gozo Malta. It has 1673 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2010).

The place is located two kilometers west of Gozo's capital Victoria. Furthermore, bordering Kerċem in the West San Lawrenz, Gharb in the northwest, north Għasri, in the southeast and south Fontana Munxar. In the southwest of the town bordering the Mediterranean.

Archaeological findings show that the area of Kerċem was 5000-4500 BC, settled. Further finds evidence of Roman baths and an early Christian cemetery - both not publicly available. In the Middle Ages the place to a community developed around a chapel in honor of Gregory the Great. The parish church of 1851, expanded in the years 1906 to 1910, Gregor is dedicated to the Great.