Wirwignes

Wirwignes
Wirwignes
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Wirwignes
Coordinates: 50°41′09″N 1°45′43″E / 50.6858°N 1.7619°E / 50.6858; 1.7619Coordinates: 50°41′09″N 1°45′43″E / 50.6858°N 1.7619°E / 50.6858; 1.7619
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de la Faïence de Desvres
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Francis Docquoy
Area1	12.47 km2 (4.81 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	704
• Density	56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62896 / 62240
Elevation	22–102 m (72–335 ft) (avg. 28 m or 92 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Wirwignes is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Wirwignes is situated some 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D238 and the D341 roads, on the banks of the river Liane.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Quentin, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The château de Quenneval, dating from the seventeenth century.
• A seventeenth century fortified manorhouse.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wirwignes.

• Wirwignes on the Quid website (French)