Wismes

Wismes
Wismes
	Commune
	The church of Wismes
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Wismes Location within Hauts-de-France region Wismes
	Coordinates: 50°39′17″N 2°04′19″E / 50.6547°N 2.0719°ECoordinates: 50°39′17″N 2°04′19″E / 50.6547°N 2.0719°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Pays Lumbres
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jean-Luc Hochart
Area1	11.93 km2 (4.61 sq mi)
Population (2014)2	486
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62897 /62380
Elevation	73–191 m (240–627 ft) ; (avg. 128 m or 420 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.

Wismes is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Wismes is located twelve miles (19 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D132 and D205 road junction, comprising the villages and hamlets of Wismes, Cantemerle, Fourdebecques, Marival, Rietz-Mottu, Saint-Pierre-Wismes and Salvecques.

Population

Historical population of Wismes
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	434	446	435	449	497	525	532
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.André, dating from the sixteenth century.
The church of St.Pierre, dating from the seventeenth century.
A small château of the Louis XV style.
The remains of a 12th-century feudal motte.
An ancient house built in 1670.

Notable people

Baron Armel de Wismes, writer and historian
Charles de Gaulle attended the church at Wismes for the burial of his godfather.
Saint Maxime passed through Wismes and a spring bears his name. He supposedly created it with a blow from his staff.
Louis Amadeus Rappe, the Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, served as the pastor of Wismes from 1829–1834.^[1]

References

INSEE commune file

↑ Houck, George Francis (1887-01-01). The Church in Northern Ohio and in the Diocese of Cleveland: From 1749 to 1890. Short & Forman.

External links

Wismes on the Quid website (in French)

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[1] Houck, George Francis (1887-01-01). The Church in Northern Ohio and in the Diocese of Cleveland: From 1749 to 1890. Short & Forman.