Wimereux

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Coordinates: 50°46′14″N 1°36′38″E / 50.7705555556, 1.6105555556

Commune of Wimereux

People walking on Wimereux's beach
(c) Gonzague Dambricourt

Location
Wimereux (France)
Wimereux
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
Elevation 0–71
Land area¹ 7.71 km²
Population²
(1999)
7,493
 - Density 972/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 62893/ 62930
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

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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