Wavrans-sur-l'Aa

French commune
name= Wavrans-sur-l’Aa
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Lumbres
insee=62882
cp=62380
maire=Josse Heumez
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Pays de Lumbres
longitude=2.1375
latitude=50.6836111111
alt moy=73 m
alt mini=43 m
alt maxi=141 m
hectares=1 148
km²=11,48
sans=1225
date-sans=1999
dens=106|

Wavrans-sur-l’Aa is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village located 8 miles (13km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D192 and D225 road junction, on the banks of the river Aa. It’s home to a site of great ecological interest, which justified the creation of a voluntary nature reserve, now a regional nature reserve and due to become a national reserve in 2008 [http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000018217161&dateTexte Décret n° 2008-219 du 5 mars 2008 créant la réserve naturelle nationale de la grotte et des pelouses d'Acquin-Westbécourt et des coteaux de Wavrans-sur-l'Aa (Pas-de-Calais)]

Population

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=62882&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Wavrans-sur-l’Aa on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27364&req=Wavrans-sur-l’Aa Wavrans-sur-l’Aa on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 19th 2008."