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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Hucqueliers

Area
  
6.8 km²

Arrondissement
  
Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Lumbres

Population (2014)
  
242

Local time
  
Sunday 7:57 PM

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Weather
  
12°C, Wind NW at 8 km/h, 79% Humidity

Wicquinghem is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Contents

Map of 62650 Wicquinghem, France

Geography

Wicquinghem is located 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D156 road, 2miles (3k) east of Hucqueliers. Its name is derived from the Flemish Wikingem, which may have its origin in the Viking occupation of the region in the ninth century.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Sylvain, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • Traces of an old castle.
  • The Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, dating from the eighteenth century.

    • References

    Wicquinghem Wikipedia
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