Wimereux

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Commune of Wimereux

People walking on Wimereux's beach
(c) Gonzague Dambricourt
Location
Longitude 01° 36' 38 E
Latitude 50° 46' 14 N
Administration
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).
France

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.

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Wimereux is twinned with the following cities:

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