Wicquinghem

Wicquinghem
Wicquinghem
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Wicquinghem
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Hucqueliers
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Canton d'Hucqueliers et environs
Government
• Mayor	Claudine Ducatel
Area1	6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	187
• Density	28/km2 (71/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62886 / 62650
Elevation	106–175 m (348–574 ft) (avg. 117 m or 384 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.

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

Geography

Wicquinghem is located 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D156 road, 2miles (3k) east of Hucqueliers. Its name is derived from the Flemish Wikingem, which may have its origin in the Viking occupation of the region in the ninth century.

Population

Historical population of Wicquinghem

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	256	257	227	232	192	179	187
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Sylvain, dating from the sixteenth century.
• Traces of an old castle.
• The Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, dating from the eighteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Wicquinghem on the Quid website (French)