Wierre-au-Bois

Wierre-au-Bois
Wierre-au-Bois
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Wierre-au-Bois
Coordinates: 50°38′42″N 1°45′47″E / 50.645°N 1.7631°ECoordinates: 50°38′42″N 1°45′47″E / 50.645°N 1.7631°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Samer
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Samer et environs
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bertrand Flahaut
Area^1	3.83 km^2 (1.48 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	216
• Density	56/km^2 (150/sq mi)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Wierre-au-Bois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais 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 (French)