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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Boulonnais

Area
  
22.24 km²

Local time
  
Monday 10:45 PM

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Boulogne-sur-Mer-1

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
4,721 (1999)

Arrondissement
  
Boulogne-sur-Mer

Wimille

Weather
  
7°C, Wind S at 8 km/h, 92% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Côte d'Opale, Column of the Grande Armée, Château Lozembrune

Wimille [vimij] is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Contents

Map of Wimille, France

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.

Population

The inhabitants are called Wimillois.

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

  • Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, aviation pioneer, took off in a balloon here.

    • References

    Wimille Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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