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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Pays Lumbres

Area
  
11.93 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 9:03 PM

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Lumbres

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
525 (1999)

Arrondissement
  
Saint-Omer

Wismes

Weather
  
9°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 90% Humidity

Wismes is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Contents

Map of 62380 Wismes, France

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.

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.
  • An ancient house built in 1670.

    • Notable people

  • Baron Armel de Wismes, writer and historian
  • Charles de Gaulle attended the church at Wismes for the burial of his godfather.
  • Saint Maxime passed through Wismes and a spring bears his name. He supposedly created it with a blow from his staff.
  • Louis Amadeus Rappe, the Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, served as the pastor of Wismes from 1829–1834.

    • References

    Wismes Wikipedia
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