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Wismes
Wijme | |
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Coordinates: 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 de Lumbres |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Sandrine Merlo[1] |
Area 1 | 11.93 km2 (4.61 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 513 |
• Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (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. |
Wismes (French pronunciation: [wim]; West Flemish: Wijme; older Dutch: Wijme) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department, region of Hauts-de-France, northern France.[3]
Geography
[edit]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
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 446 | — |
1975 | 435 | −0.36% |
1982 | 449 | +0.45% |
1990 | 497 | +1.28% |
1999 | 525 | +0.61% |
2007 | 511 | −0.34% |
2012 | 504 | −0.28% |
2017 | 491 | −0.52% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Places of interest
[edit]- 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
Notable people
[edit]- Baron Armel de Wismes , writer and historian
- Louis Amadeus Rappe, the Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, served as the pastor of Wismes from 1829–1834.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wismes.
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Houck, George Francis (1 January 1887). The Church in Northern Ohio and in the Diocese of Cleveland: From 1749 to 1890. Short & Forman. p. 57.
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