Wismes
Wismes | |
|---|---|
Location of Wismes  | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Omer |
| Canton | Lumbres |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Lumbres |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008-2014) | Jean-Luc Hochart |
| Area 1 | 11.93 km2 (4.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2009) | 521 |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62897 /62380 |
| Elevation | 73–191 m (240–627 ft) (avg. 128 m or 420 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Wismes is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Geography
Wismes is located twelve miles (19 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D132 and D205 road junction, comprising the villages and hamlets of Wismes, Cantemerle, Fourdebecques, Marival, Rietz-Mottu, Saint-Pierre-Wismes and Salvecques.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 434 | 446 | 435 | 449 | 497 | 525 | 532 |
| 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.André, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The church of St.Pierre, dating from the seventeenth century.
- A small château of the Louis XV style.
- The remains of a 12th-century feudal motte.
- An ancient house built in 1670.
Notable people
- Baron Armel de Wismes, writer and historian
- Charles de Gaulle attended the church at Wismes for the burial of his godfather.
- Saint Maxime passed through Wismes and a spring bears his name. He supposedly created it with a blow from his staff.
- Louis Amadeus Rappe, the Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, served as the pastor of Wismes from 1829–1834.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Houck, George Francis (1887-01-01). The Church in Northern Ohio and in the Diocese of Cleveland: From 1749 to 1890. Short & Forman.
External links
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