Samer

Samer ( Flemish : Sint-Wulmaars ) is a French municipality with 4496 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . Samer belongs to the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer and the canton of Desvres .

geography

Samer is located about 16 kilometers southeast of Boulogne-sur-Mer on the Liane River and is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park . Samer is surrounded by the neighboring communities Questrecques in the north, Wierre-au-Bois in the north and northeast, Longfossé in the northeast, Doudeauville in the east and southeast, Lacres and Tingry in the south, Verlincthun in the southwest and Carly in the west and northwest.

The former route nationale 1 (today's D901) runs through the municipality .

During the Second World War, there was an airfield between Samer and Wierre au Bois , which the British Expeditionary Force had created. Later, during the Battle of Britain , Wierre au Bois, as the place was also called, became the base of operations for German Bf 109E fighters from the staff and II. Group of Jagdgeschwader 3 in August / September 1940 .

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
Residents	2,563	2,675	2,845	2,930	3,026	3,105	3,377	3.712

From 1962 only residents with primary residence

Saint Martin Church

Remains of the Abbey of Saint-Wulmer, founded in 668, destroyed in the 15th century, temporarily reconstructed, Monument historique

Grand-Moulinet castle from the 18th century

Museum Jean-Charles-Cazin de Samer in the town hall (Mairie) of Samer

Manor (built around 1700)

Eustach I (1010-1049), Count of Boulogne, buried here
Jean-Charles Cazin (1841–1901), painter and sculptor, born in Samer
Jean Mouton (around or before 1459–1522), composer, born either in Samer or in Haut-Wignes

Commons : Samer - collection of images, videos and audio files