- Wimille
French commune
name= Wimille
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Boulogne-sur-Mer-Nord-Ouest
insee=62894
cp=62126
maire=Antoine Logié
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
longitude=1.63361111111
latitude=50.7638888889
alt moy=26 m
alt mini=2 m
alt maxi=109 m
hectares=2 224
km²=22,24
sans=4721
date-sans=1999
dens=212|Wimille is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming and light industrial town situated some convert|3|mi|km north of Boulogne, at the junction of the D233 and the D237 roads, on the banks of the river Wimereux. The river Slack forms the northern boundary of the commune. Junction 33 of the
A16 autoroute with the D242 is within the commune’s territory.Population
Places of interest
* The column of the ‘Grande Armée de Boulogne’ (Napoleon’s column)
* The church of St.Pierre, dating from the12th century .
* A16th century chapel.
* A17th century drinking fountain.
* The château de La Rivière, dating from the17th century .
* Four other châteaux: Lozembrune, Petit-Denacre, Grisendal and Billeauville, all dating from the18th century .People with links to the town
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier ,aviation pioneer, took off in a balloon here.See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.mairie-wimille.fr/ Official website of Wimille] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27375&req=Wimille Wimille on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on September 10th 2008."
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