Witternesse

French commune
name= Witternesse
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Norrent-Fontes
insee=62900
cp=62120
maire=Josette Vermersch
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes Artois Flandres
longitude=2.36111111111
latitude=50.6125
alt moy=15 m
alt mini=18 m
alt maxi=62 m
hectares=547
km²=5,47
sans=550
date-sans=2005
dens=101|

Witternesse is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated some convert|15|mi|km|1 west of Béthune and convert|36|mi|km|1 southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D186e and D186 roads. The A26 autoroute passes by the commune.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Martin, dating from the 17th century.
* The watermill.
* The 17th century priory, now a peoples home.
* The manor and museum of La Besvre.

See also

*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27381&req=Witternesse Witternesse on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 30th 2008."