Ouve-Wirquin

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

Ouve-Wirquin
Commune
The town hall and school of Ouve-Wirquin
Coat of arms
Location of Ouve-Wirquin
Ouve-Wirquin
Ouve-Wirquin
Coordinates: 50°39′05″N 2°08′44″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementSaint-Omer
CantonLumbres
IntercommunalityPays de Lumbres
Government
 • MayorJean-Claude Obert
Area
1
5.25 km2 (2.03 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
506
 • Density96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62644 /62380
Elevation52–137 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.

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
1962196819751982199019992006
457490478486486484538
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.
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See also

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


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