Wierre-Effroy

Wierre-Effroy
Wierre-Effroy
Commune
	The church of Wierre-Effroy
	Location of Wierre-Effroy
	Wierre-Effroy Wierre-Effroy
	Coordinates: 50°46′44″N 1°44′21″E / 50.7789°N 1.7392°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	Terre Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jean-Pierre Louvet
Area 1	18.91 km2 (7.30 sq mi)
Population (2014)	773
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62889 /62720
Elevation	14–96 m (46–315 ft) ; (avg. 136 m or 446 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Wierre-Effroy is situated some 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D232 and D234 roads.

Historical population of Wierre-Effroy
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	629	664	569	619	707	747	794
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

The church of St.Pierre, dating from the twelfth century.
The church of St.Laurent at the hamlet of Hesdres, dating from the twelfth century.
A sixteenth-century fortified manorhouse.
A Battle of Britain pilot was shot down and crashed in a field near to the village. Time Team dug this site in 2000.

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