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Wimereux
Sign in to saveWimereux (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France north of Boulogne-sur-Mer, on the banks of the small river Wimereux. The river Slack forms the northern border of the commune and the English Channel the western.
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Wimereux is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of France, situated within the Hauts-de-France region. It lies in the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer and the canton of Boulogne-sur-Mer-Nord-Ouest. The municipality shares borders with Ambleteuse, Boulogne-sur-Mer, and Wimille. Its postal code is 62930, and it is twinned with Schmallenberg and Herne Bay.
The area of Wimereux is 7.71 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 7,035 residents (3,089 male and 3,486 female) and another citing 7,663. The elevation above sea level is recorded as 71 meters in one dataset and 6 or 7 meters in others. The local timezone is Europe/Paris.
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Place details
- Locality
- Wimereux
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 7,663
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Wimereux
- French commune.native name
- Wimeruwe
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Wimereux rogné1.jpg
- French commune.caption
- Wimereux
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Wimereux.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Boulogne-sur-Mer
- French commune.canton
- Boulogne-sur-Mer-1
- French commune.INSEE
- 62893
- French commune.postal code
- 62930
- French commune.mayor
- Jean-Luc Dubaële
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Boulonnais
- French commune.elevation min m
- 0
- French commune.elevation max m
- 71
- French commune.area km2
- 7.71
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Wimereux
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer
- Population
- 6256
- Area
- 7.71
- Elevation
- 25
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Wimille
- Official website
- www.ville-wimereux.fr
- Image
- Wimereux coast.JPG
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- Commons category
- Wimereux
- twinned administrative body
- Schmallenberg
- postal code
- 62930
- topic's main category
- Category:Wimereux
- associated electoral district
- canton of Boulogne-sur-Mer-1
- male population
- 3089
- female population
- 3486
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-21-99-85-85
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Encyclopedic overview
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- People
- Twin towns
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- References
- External links
Wimereux (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France north of Boulogne-sur-Mer, on the banks of the small river Wimereux. The river Slack forms the northern border of the commune and the English Channel the western.
==History== In March 1899 the first radio link between France and England was established at Wimereux by Guglielmo Marconi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wimereux” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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