Wirwignes

Wirwignes
Wirwignes
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Wirwignes
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
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)
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 Nord-Pas-de-Calais 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

Historical population of Wirwignes

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	484	507	492	528	638	682	704
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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

• Wirwignes on the Quid website (French)