Ouve-Wirquin

Ouve-Wirquin
Commune
The town hall and school of Ouve-Wirquin
Coat of arms
Ouve-Wirquin
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Ouve-Wirquin
Coordinates: 50°39′05″N 2°08′44″E / 50.6514°N 2.1456°E / 50.6514; 2.1456Coordinates: 50°39′05″N 2°08′44″E / 50.6514°N 2.1456°E / 50.6514; 2.1456
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Pays de Lumbres
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Claude Obert
Area1	5.25 km2 (2.03 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	538
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62644 /62380
Elevation	52–137 m (171–449 ft) (avg. 59 m or 194 ft)
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.

Ouve-Wirquin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Ouve-Wirquin lies about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, on the junction of the D225 and the D341, the route of the Roman road the Chausée Brunehaut. The river Aa flows through the commune.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century.
• An eighteenth-century watermill.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ouve-Wirquin.

• Ouve-Wirquin on the Quid website (in French)