Wierre-Effroy

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

Wierre-Effroy
Commune
The church of Wierre-Effroy
Location of Wierre-Effroy
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Coordinates: 50°46′44″N 1°44′21″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Jean-Pierre Louvet
Area ^1	18.91 km^2 (7.30 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	857
• Density	45/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62889 /62720
Elevation	14–96 m (46–315 ft) (avg. 136 m or 446 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	777	—
2007	782	+0.6%
2008	803	+2.7%
2009	794	−1.1%
2010	788	−0.8%
2011	781	−0.9%
2012	775	−0.8%
2013	772	−0.4%
2014	773	+0.1%
2015	801	+3.6%
2016	829	+3.5%

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.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.