Wizernes

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Coordinates: 50°42′42″N 2°13′47″E / 50.7116666667, 2.22972222222

Commune of Wizernes The river Aa at Wizernes
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Saint-Omer-Sud
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Omer
Mayor	Daniel Herbert
Statistics
Elevation	17 m–119 m (avg. 25 m)
Land area¹	6.16 km²
Population² (1999)	3,448
- Density	559/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62902/ 62570
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.

Wizernes 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 Twinned with 6 See also 7 Notes 8 External links

[edit] Geography

Wizernes is a large farming village located 4 miles (6km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D928 and D211 road junction and on the banks of the river Aa, a tributary of the Lys River.

[edit] History

Because of its proximity to the V-2 rocket launch site of La Coupole, the village was badly damaged by 14 Allied bombing raids during the summer of 1944.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
2798	3016	3309	3614	3362	3448
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St. Folquin, dating from the 20th century.

[edit] Twinned with

Ensdorf, in the Saarland state of Germany.

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] Notes

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

[edit] External links

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