Wierre-Effroy

Wierre-Effroy
Wierre-Effroy
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Wierre-Effroy
Coordinates: 50°46′44″N 1°44′21″E / 50.7789°N 1.7392°ECoordinates: 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	Marquise
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Louvet
Area^1	18.91 km^2 (7.30 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	794
• Density	42/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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.

Population

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.

Places of interest

• 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.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Wierre-Effroy on the Quid website (French)