Ouve-Wirquin

Ouve-Wirquin
Ouve-Wirquin
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Ouve-Wirquin
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Pays de Lumbres
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Claude Obert
Area1	5.25 km2 (2.03 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	538
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62644 / 62380
Elevation	52–137 m (171–449 ft) (avg. 59 m or 194 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ouve-Wirquin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Ouve-Wirquin lies about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, on the junction of the D225 and the D341, the route of the Roman road the Chausée Brunehaut. The river Aa flows through the commune.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
457	490	478	486	486	484	538
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century.
• An eighteenth-century watermill.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Ouve-Wirquin on the Quid website (French)