Wierre-Effroy

Wierre-Effroy
Commune
The church of Wierre-Effroy
Wierre-Effroy
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Wierre-Effroy
Coordinates: 50°46′44″N 1°44′21″E / 50.7789°N 1.7392°E / 50.7789; 1.7392Coordinates: 50°46′44″N 1°44′21″E / 50.7789°N 1.7392°E / 50.7789; 1.7392
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton Desvres
Intercommunality Terre Deux Caps
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Jean-Pierre Louvet
Area1 18.91 km2 (7.30 sq mi)
Population (2014)2 773
 • Density 41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62889 /62720
Elevation 14–96 m (46–315 ft)
(avg. 136 m or 446 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Wierre-Effroy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Wierre-Effroy is situated some 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D232 and D234 roads.

Population

Historical population of Wierre-Effroy
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population629664569619707747794
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Pierre, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The church of St.Laurent at the hamlet of Hesdres, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A sixteenth-century fortified manorhouse.
  • A Battle of Britain pilot was shot down and crashed in a field near to the village. Time Team dug this site in 2000.

See also

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