Wismes

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Coordinates: 50°39′17″N 2°04′19″E / 50.6547222222, 2.07194444444

Commune of Wismes
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	Jean-Luc Hochart
Statistics
Elevation	73 m–191 m (avg. 128 m)
Land area¹	11,93 km²
Population² (1999)	525
- Density	44/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62897/ 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.

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

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

[edit] Geography

A farming commune located 12 miles (19km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D132 and D205 road junction, comprising of the villages and hamlets of Wismes, Cantemerle, Fourdebecques, Marival, Rietz-Mottu, Saint-Pierre-Wismes and Salvecques.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
434	446	435	449	497	525
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St.André, dating from the 16th century.
• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the 17th century.
• A small château of the Louis XV style.
• The remains of a 12th century feudal motte.
• An ancient house built in 1670.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

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

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 22nd 2008.