Wismes

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Wismes Wijme
Commune
The church of Wismes
Coat of arms
Location of Wismes
Wismes Show map of France Wismes Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°39′17″N 2°04′19″E / 50.6547°N 2.0719°E / 50.6547; 2.0719
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Pays de Lumbres
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sandrine Merlo[1]
Area 1	11.93 km2 (4.61 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	513
• Density	43/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.

Wismes (French pronunciation: [wim]; West Flemish: Wijme; older Dutch: Wijme) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department, region of Hauts-de-France, northern France.^[3]

Geography[edit]

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[edit]

Places of interest[edit]

• 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

Notable people[edit]

• Baron Armel de Wismes [fr], writer and historian
• Louis Amadeus Rappe, the Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, served as the pastor of Wismes from 1829–1834.^[5]

See also[edit]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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