Wizernes

Wizernes
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Longuenesse
Community association	Pays de Saint-Omer
Coordinates	50 ° 43 '  N , 2 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 43 '  N , 2 ° 14'  E
height	17-119 m
surface	6.16 km 2
Residents	3,344 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	543 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	62570
INSEE code	62902
Website	mairie-wizernes.fr/

Wizernes (Dutch: "Wezerne") is a northern French municipality in the Pas-de-Calais department of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region . It is four kilometers southwest of Saint-Omer on the banks of the River Aa . The community is divided into several districts and is related to Ensdorf in Saarland. It is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park .

history

The village is based on a Gallo-Roman oppidum and was named Weserinium in 844 . During the Second World War, the site was badly damaged as a result of an Allied air strike as part of Operation Crossbow on the nearby V2 rocket launching base at Schotterwerk Nordwest .

Attractions

• St. Folquin's Church is from the 20th century
• Papeterie Dambricourt with its locations in Rue du Bousquet and Rue du Moulin
• Memorial to commemorate those who fell in the two world wars

Saint-Folquin church

traffic

The departmental roads D928 and D211 cross here. The station is on the non-electrified railway line from Saint-Omer to Hesdigneul . The Saint-Omer-Wizernes airfield is used for general aviation only.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969