Wavrans-sur-l'Aa

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Coordinates: 50°41′01″N 2°08′15″E / 50.6836111111, 2.1375

Commune of Wavrans-sur-l’Aa
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de Lumbres
Mayor	Josse Heumez (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	43 m–141 m (avg. 73 m)
Land area¹	11,48 km²
Population² (1999)	1225
- Density	106/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62882/ 62380
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.

Wavrans-sur-l’Aa is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 See also 4 External links 5 Notes

[edit] Geography

A farming village located 8 miles (13km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D192 and D225 road junction, on the banks of the river Aa. It’s home to a site of great ecological interest, which justified the creation of a voluntary nature reserve, now a regional nature reserve and due to become a national reserve in 2008^[1]

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
853	897	938	1035	1196	1225
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Wavrans-sur-l’Aa on the Insee website (French)
• Wavrans-sur-l’Aa on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 19th 2008.