Wierre-au-Bois
Wierre-au-Bois | |
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Commune | |
![]() The church of Wierre-au-Bois | |
![]() ![]() Wierre-au-Bois Location within Hauts-de-France region ![]() ![]() Wierre-au-Bois | |
Coordinates: 50°38′42″N 1°45′47″E / 50.645°N 1.7631°ECoordinates: 50°38′42″N 1°45′47″E / 50.645°N 1.7631°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
Canton | Desvres |
Intercommunality | CC Desvres-Samer |
Government | |
• Mayor (2014-2020) | Bertrand Flahaut |
Area1 | 3.83 km2 (1.48 sq mi) |
Population (2014)2 | 228 |
• Density | 60/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 62888 /62830 |
Elevation |
28–91 m (92–299 ft) (avg. 170 m or 560 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-au-Bois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography
Wierre-au-Bois is situated some 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Boulogne, on the D215 just to the east of Samer.
Population
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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Population | 192 | 217 | 195 | 193 | 203 | 242 | 216 |
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.Omer, dating from the fifteenth century.
- A seventeenth-century chateau.
- A medieval castle.
See also
References
External links
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