See also: Wirquin (company).
Ouve-Wirquin | |
Native Name: | Ouve-Werchin |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Ouve-Wirquin.svg |
Arrondissement: | Saint-Omer |
Canton: | Lumbres |
Insee: | 62644 |
Postal Code: | 62380 |
Mayor: | Ghislain Wilquin[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pays de Lumbres |
Coordinates: | 50.6514°N 2.1456°W |
Elevation M: | 59 |
Elevation Min M: | 52 |
Elevation Max M: | 137 |
Area Km2: | 5.25 |
Ouve-Wirquin (pronounced as /fr/; pcd|Houffe-Wirquin;) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2]
Ouve-Wirquin lies about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, on the junction of the D225 and the D341, the route of the Roman road the Chausée Brunehaut. The river Aa flows through the commune.
The Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais opened a railway station at Ouve-Wirquin in 1881. The railway was closed in 1955.