Wierre-au-Bois
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| Wierre-au-Bois | |
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  Wierre-au-Bois | |
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Wierre-au-Bois | |
| Coordinates: 50°38′42″N 1°45′47″E / 50.645°N 1.7631°ECoordinates: 50°38′42″N 1°45′47″E / 50.645°N 1.7631°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
| Canton | Samer |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de Samer et environs |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Bertrand Flahaut |
| Area | |
| • Land1 | 3.83 km2 (1.48 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Population2 | 216 |
| • Population2 Density | 56/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62888 / 62830 |
| Elevation |
28–91 m (92–299 ft) (avg. 170 m or 560 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Wierre-au-Bois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Geography
Wierre-au-Bois is situated some 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Boulogne, on the D215 just to the east of Samer.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 192 | 217 | 195 | 193 | 203 | 242 | 216 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | |||||||
Places of interest
- The church of St.Omer, dating from the fifteenth century.
- A seventeenth-century chateau.
- A medieval castle.
See also
References
External links
- Wierre-au-Bois on the Quid website (French)
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