Wismes

Wismes
Wijme
Wismes Wijme
Commune
	The church of Wismes
	Coat of arms
	Location of Wismes
	Wismes Wismes
	Coordinates: 50°39′17″N2°04′19″E / 50.6547°N 2.0719°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Pays de Lumbres
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sandrine Merlo
Area 1	11.93 km2 (4.61 sq mi)
Population (2022)	503
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62897 /62380
Elevation	73–191 m (240–627 ft) ; (avg. 128 m or 420 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Last updated July 10, 2025

Wismes (French pronunciation: [wim] ; West Flemish : Wijme; older Dutch : Wijme) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department, region of Hauts-de-France, northern France.^[3]

Geography

Wismes is located twelve miles (19 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D132 and D205 road junction, comprising the villages and hamlets of Wismes, Cantemerle, Fourdebecques, Marival, Rietz-Mottu, Saint-Pierre-Wismes and Salvecques.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	446	—
1975	435	−0.36%
1982	449	+0.45%
1990	497	+1.28%
1999	525	+0.61%
2007	511	−0.34%
2012	504	−0.28%
2017	491	−0.52%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Places of interest

The church of St. André, dating from the sixteenth century
The church of St.Pierre, dating from the seventeenth century
A small château of the Louis XV style
The remains of a 12th-century feudal motte

Notable people

Baron Armel de Wismes [ fr ], writer and historian
Louis Amadeus Rappe, the Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, served as the pastor of Wismes from 1829 to 1834.^[5]

References

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
↑ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
↑ INSEE commune file
↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
↑ Houck, George Francis (1 January 1887). The Church in Northern Ohio and in the Diocese of Cleveland: From 1749 to 1890. Short & Forman. p. 57. Louis%20Amadeus%20Rappe.

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.

[popref2022-2] "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.

[3] INSEE commune file

[pophist-4] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[5] Houck, George Francis (1 January 1887). The Church in Northern Ohio and in the Diocese of Cleveland: From 1749 to 1890. Short & Forman. p. 57. Louis%20Amadeus%20Rappe.

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