Widehem

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Coordinates: 50°35′11″N 1°40′23″E / 50.5863888889, 1.67305555556

Commune of Widehem
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Étaples
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Mer et Terres d'Opale
Mayor	Jean L’hotellier
Statistics
Elevation	64 m–178 m (avg. 99 m)
Land area¹	7,2 km²
Population² (1999)	249
- Density	34/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62887/ 62630
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.

Widehem is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Population 4 Places of interest 5 See also 6 External links 7 Notes

[edit] Geography

A small village located 12 miles (19km) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D148E5 road, 3miles (5k) from the coast.

[edit] History

Known and recorded as "Wodingahem" in 877, after a Germanic chief of the region who opposed Charlemagne.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
216	232	195	175	229	249
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The neogothic church of St.Wulmer, dating from the 16th century.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Widehem on the Insee website (French)
• Widehem on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 30th 2008.