Wimille
Column of the Grande Armée
Coat of arms
Wimille
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Wimille
Coordinates: 50°45′50″N 1°38′01″E / 50.7639°N 1.6336°E / 50.7639; 1.6336Coordinates: 50°45′50″N 1°38′01″E / 50.7639°N 1.6336°E / 50.7639; 1.6336
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Boulogne-sur-Mer-Nord-Ouest
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Antoine Logié
Area1	22.24 km2 (8.59 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	4,475
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62894 / 62126
Elevation	2–109 m (6.6–357.6 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 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.

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

Geography[edit]

Wimille is a farming and light industrial town situated some 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Boulogne, at the junction of the D233 and the D237 roads, on the banks of the river Wimereux. The river Slack forms the northern boundary of the commune. Junction 33 of the A16 autoroute with the D242 is within the commune’s territory.

Population[edit]

The inhabitants are called Wimillois.

Places of interest[edit]

• The Column of the Grande Armée, also known as Napoleon’s column.
• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the twelfth century.
• A sixteenth century chapel.
• A seventeenth century drinking fountain.
• The château de La Rivière, dating from the seventeenth century.
• Four other châteaux: Lozembrune, Petit-Denacre, Grisendal and Billeauville, all dating from the eighteenth century.
• The Terlincthun British Cemetery, created during the Great War

Notable people[edit]

• Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, aviation pioneer, took off in a balloon here.

See also[edit]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[edit]

• INSEE commune file

External links[edit]

• Official website of Wimille (French)
• Wimille on the Quid website (French)
• The Terlincthun British Cemetery, on the website "Remembrance Trails of the Great War in Northern France"