Wittes

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Coordinates: 50°40′13″N 2°23′33″E / 50.6702777778, 2.3925

Commune of Wittes
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Aire-sur-la-Lys
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays d'Aire
Mayor	Hervé Faucon
Statistics
Elevation	17 m–41 m (avg. 21 m)
Land area¹	3,92 km²
Population² (2006)	826
- Density	175/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62901/ 62120
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.

Wittes 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 village located 9 miles (14km) southeast of Saint-Omer, at the N43 and D197 road junction and on the banks of the small river Melde, a tributary of the Lys river.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
379	382	389	434	572	687	826
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St.Omer, dating from the 19th century.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Official commune website (French)
• Wittes on the Insee website (French)
• Wittes on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

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