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Trust Preferred Securities (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 15, 2004
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Subordinated Borrowing [Line Items]        
Private placement, trust preferred securities, aggregate amount $ 20,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfTrustPreferredSecurities      
Trust preferred securities   20,619,000us-gaap_JuniorSubordinatedDebentureOwedToUnconsolidatedSubsidiaryTrust 20,619,000us-gaap_JuniorSubordinatedDebentureOwedToUnconsolidatedSubsidiaryTrust  
LIBOR plus percentage   1.95%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentBasisSpreadOnVariableRate1    
Interest expense on trust preferred securities   752,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseTrustPreferredSecurities 756,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseTrustPreferredSecurities 1,180,000us-gaap_InterestExpenseTrustPreferredSecurities
Trust Preferred Securities [Member]        
Subordinated Borrowing [Line Items]        
Maturity date   Dec. 31, 2034    
Fixed Interest Rate Subsequent 7 Years [Member]        
Subordinated Borrowing [Line Items]        
Amount of hedged item   $ 10,000,000us-gaap_DerivativeAmountOfHedgedItem
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= mbvt_FixedInterestRateSubsequentSevenYearsMember
   
Fixed interest rate   5.23%us-gaap_DerivativeFixedInterestRate
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= mbvt_FixedInterestRateSubsequentSevenYearsMember
   
Fixed rate, expiration date   Dec. 15, 2016