Wierre-au-Bois

Wierre-au-Bois
Commune
The church of Wierre-au-Bois
Location of Wierre-au-Bois
Wierre-au-Bois Wierre-au-Bois
Coordinates: 50°38′42″N 1°45′47″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	CC Desvres-Samer
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Bertrand Flahaut
Area 1	3.83 km2 (1.48 sq mi)
Population  (2014)	228
• Density	60/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62888 /62830
Elevation	28–91 m (92–299 ft) (avg. 170 m or 560 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Wierre-au-Bois is situated some 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Boulogne, on the D215 just to the east of Samer.

Population

Historical population of Wierre-au-Bois

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	192	217	195	193	203	242	216
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.Omer, dating from the fifteenth century.
• A seventeenth-century chateau.
• A medieval castle.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Wierre-au-Bois on the Quid website Template:Fr