Widehem

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Coordinates: 50°35′11″N 1°40′23″E / 50.5863888889, 1.67305555556

Commune of Widehem

Location
Widehem (France)
Widehem
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Montreuil
Canton Étaples
Intercommunality Communauté de communes Mer et Terres d'Opale
Mayor Jean L’hotellier
Statistics
Elevation 64 m–178 m
(avg. 99 m)
Land area¹ 7,2 km²
Population²
(1999)
249
 - Density 34/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 62887/ 62630
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.
France

Widehem is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

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[edit] Geography

A small village located 12 miles (19km) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D148E5 road, 3miles (5k) from the coast.

[edit] History

Known and recorded as "Wodingahem" in 877, after a Germanic chief of the region who opposed Charlemagne.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
216 232 195 175 229 249
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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