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Wierre Effroy

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Terre Deux Caps

Area
  
18.91 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 10:07 PM

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Desvres

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
747 (1999)

Arrondissement
  
Boulogne-sur-Mer

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind NW at 5 km/h, 90% Humidity

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

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Map of 62720 Wierre-Effroy, France

Geography

Wierre-Effroy is situated some 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D232 and D234 roads.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Pierre, dating from the twelfth century.
  • The church of St.Laurent at the hamlet of Hesdres, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A sixteenth-century fortified manorhouse.
  • A Battle of Britain pilot was shot down and crashed in a field near to the village. Time Team dug this site in 2000.

    • References

    Wierre-Effroy Wikipedia
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