Coordinates: 50°46′14″N 1°36′38″E / 50.7705555556, 1.6105555556

Commune of Wimereux People walking on Wimereux's beach (c) Gonzague Dambricourt
Location
Administration
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
Mayor	Francis Ruelle (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	0–71
Land area¹	7.71 km²
Population² (1999)	7,493
- Density	972/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62893/ 62930
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Wimereux is a commune of the Pas-de-Calais département, in France.

Culture: key figures: Guy Bataille, journalist and historian of WWII; Maurice Boitel, painter artist; Jack Lang, politician.

Affiliations

Wimereux is twinned with the following cities:

• Herne Bay, Kent, England
• Schmallenberg, Germany.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Wimereux

• Tourism in Wimereux and the Boulonnais area (in English)
• Wimereux - official website (in french)
• Wimereux - Unofficial website
• Wimereux Guide on a Google Map

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