Wimille
Wimille | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Wimille | |
  Wimille  Wimille | |
| Coordinates: 50°45′50″N 1°38′01″E / 50.7639°N 1.6336°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
| Canton | Boulogne-sur-Mer-1 |
| Intercommunality | Boulonnais |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Antoine Logié[1] |
Area 1 | 22.24 km2 (8.59 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 3,866 |
| • Density | 173.8/km2 (450.2/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62894 /62126 |
| Elevation | 2–109 m (6.6–357.6 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Wimille (French pronunciation: [vimil]; Picard: Wimil) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France[3] about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Boulogne, on the banks of the river Wimereux. The river Slack forms the northern boundary of the commune.
Population
The inhabitants are called Wimillois in French.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 4,826 | — |
| 1975 | 4,779 | −0.14% |
| 1982 | 4,220 | −1.76% |
| 1990 | 4,681 | +1.30% |
| 1999 | 4,721 | +0.09% |
| 2007 | 4,367 | −0.97% |
| 2012 | 4,151 | −1.01% |
| 2017 | 4,083 | −0.33% |
| 2023 | 3,866 | −0.91% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Notable people
- Cecil Chesterton, journalist, buried at the Terlincthun British Cemetery
- Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, aviation pioneer, took off in a balloon there.
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The Terlincthun British Cemetery
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wimille.
- Official website of Wimille (in French)
- The Terlincthun British Cemetery, on the website "Remembrance Trails of the Great War in Northern France"