Wimille

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Antoine Logié^[1]Area22.24 km² (8.59 sq mi)Population3,888 • Density170/km² (450/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation2–109 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]

Geography

Wimille is a farming and light industrial town situated some 3 miles (4.8 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. Wimille-Wimereux station has rail connections to Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Population

The inhabitants are called Wimillois.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

• The Column of the Grande Armée, also known as Napoleon’s column.
• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the twelfth century.
• A sixteenth century chapel.
• A seventeenth century drinking fountain.
• The château de La Rivière, dating from the seventeenth century.
• Four other châteaux: Lozembrune, Petit-Denacre, Grisendal and Billeauville, all dating from the eighteenth century.
• The Terlincthun British Cemetery, created during the Great War

Notable people

• Cecil Chesterton, journalist, buried at the Terlincthun British Cemetery
• Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, aviation pioneer, took off in a balloon here.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

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