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Investment Securities (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Schedule Of Available-For-Sale And Held-To-Maturity Securities [Line Items]      
Carrying value of securities pledged   $ 305,840,000us-gaap_PledgedFinancialInstrumentsNotSeparatelyReportedOtherDebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleOrHeldForInvestment $ 317,220,000us-gaap_PledgedFinancialInstrumentsNotSeparatelyReportedOtherDebtSecuritiesAvailableForSaleOrHeldForInvestment
Securities classified as trading   0us-gaap_TradingSecurities 0us-gaap_TradingSecurities
Net gains 126,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGainLossNet    
Transferred From Available-For-Sale to Held-To-Maturity [Member]      
Schedule Of Available-For-Sale And Held-To-Maturity Securities [Line Items]      
Securities transferred from available-for-sale to held-to-maturity, remaining unamortized balance   4,150,000mbvt_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTransfersFromAvailableForSaleToHeldToMaturityRemainingUnamortizedBalance
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= mbvt_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesTransferredToHeldToMaturitySecuritiesMember
 
Securities transferred from available-for-sale to held-to-maturity, remaining unamortized balance, net of tax   $ 2,700,000mbvt_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossTransfersFromAvailableForSaleToHeldToMaturityRemainingUnamortizedBalanceNetOfTax
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= mbvt_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesTransferredToHeldToMaturitySecuritiesMember