Wimille

For the racing driver, see Jean-Pierre Wimille.

Wimille
Commune
Column of the Grande Armée
Coat of arms
Location of Wimille
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Coordinates: 50°45′50″N1°38′01″E / 50.7639°N 1.6336°E / 50.7639; 1.6336
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  (2021) [2]	3,888
• Density	170/km2 (450/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]

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

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Official website of Wimille (in French)
• The Terlincthun British Cemetery, on the website "Remembrance Trails of the Great War in Northern France"