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Wierre-au-Bois

Coordinates: 50°38′42″N 1°45′47″E / 50.645°N 1.7631°E / 50.645; 1.7631
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Wierre-au-Bois
Wilder
Commune
The church of Wierre-au-Bois
The church of Wierre-au-Bois
Coat of arms of Wierre-au-Bois
Coat of arms
Location of Wierre-au-Bois
Map
Wierre-au-Bois is located in France
Wierre-au-Bois
Wierre-au-Bois
Wierre-au-Bois is located in Hauts-de-France
Wierre-au-Bois
Wierre-au-Bois
Coordinates: 50°38′42″N 1°45′47″E / 50.645°N 1.7631°E / 50.645; 1.7631
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementBoulogne-sur-Mer
CantonDesvres
IntercommunalityDesvres-Samer
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bertrand Flahaut[1]
Area
1
3.83 km2 (1.48 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
227
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62888 /62830
Elevation28–91 m (92–299 ft)
(avg. 170 m or 560 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wierre-au-Bois (French pronunciation: [wjɛʁ o bwa]; West Flemish: Wilder) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]

Geography

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Wierre-au-Bois is situated some 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Boulogne, on the D215 just to the east of Samer.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 217—    
1975 195−1.52%
1982 193−0.15%
1990 203+0.63%
1999 242+1.97%
2007 211−1.70%
2012 224+1.20%
2017 226+0.18%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

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  • The church of St.Omer, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • A seventeenth-century chateau.
  • A medieval castle.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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