Wimereux
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Commune of Wimereux People walking on Wimereux's beach (c) Gonzague Dambricourt |
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Location | |
Longitude | 01° 36' 38 E |
Latitude | 50° 46' 14 N |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
Canton | Boulogne-sur-Mer Nord-Ouest |
Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais |
Mayor | Francis Ruelle (2001-2008) |
Statistics | |
Altitude | 0–71 |
Land area¹ | 7.71 km² |
Population² (1999) |
7,493 |
- Density (1999) | 972/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 62893/ 62930 |
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
Wimereux is a commune of the Pas-de-Calais département, in France.
Culture: key figures: Guy Bataille, journalist and historian of WWII; Maurice Boitel, painter artist; Jack Lang, politician.
[edit] Affiliations
Wimereux is twinned with the following cities:
- Herne Bay, Kent, England
- Schmallenberg, Germany.
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- Tourism in Wimereux and the Boulonnais area (in English)
- Wimereux - official website (in french)
- Wimereux - Unofficial website