Wamin

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Coordinates: 50°25′46″N 2°01′28″E / 50.4294444444, 2.02444444444

Administration
Commune of Wamin
Location

Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Le Parcq
Mayor	Armand Alisse (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	35 m–118 m (avg. 39 m)
Land area^¹	6,06 km²
Population^² (1999)	198
- Density	32/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62871/ 62140
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Wamin is a commune of France, situated in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the Nord-Pas de Calais region in France.

1 Geography
2 Demography
3 Places and monuments
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Geography

A village 3 miles (5km) north of Hesdin and 15 miles (24km) east of Montreuil

[edit] Demography

Population movement
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
251	273	217	272	276	263
Census enumeration starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places and monuments

The church: The church of Our Lady of Assumption was constructed in 1664 of brick and stone, in typical regional style. The first Lords of Wamin are buried under the choir.

The château

The château was built in the 17th century by François de Fléchin who had inherited, through marriage, the titles of the Créquy family and was elevated to Marquis in 1693. Sold in 1811 by the daughters of the Marquis of Fléchin to the Lefebvre family from Gouy.