Wismes Explained

Wismes
Native Name:	Wijme
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Wismes 62.svg
Arrondissement:	Saint-Omer
Canton:	Lumbres
Insee:	62897
Postal Code:	62380
Mayor:	Sandrine Merlo^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Pays de Lumbres
Coordinates:	50.6547°N 2.0719°W
Elevation M:	128
Elevation Min M:	73
Elevation Max M:	191
Area Km2:	11.93

Wismes (in French pronounced as /wim/; ; older) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department, region of Hauts-de-France, northern France.^[2]

Geography

Wismes is located twelve miles (19 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D132 and D205 road junction, comprising the villages and hamlets of Wismes, Cantemerle, Fourdebecques, Marival, Rietz-Mottu, Saint-Pierre-Wismes and Salvecques.

Places of interest

• The church of St. André, dating from the sixteenth century
• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the seventeenth century
• A small château of the Louis XV style
• The remains of a 12th-century feudal motte

Notable people

• Baron, writer and historian
• Louis Amadeus Rappe, the Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, served as the pastor of Wismes from 1829–1834.^[3]

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM62897-wismes INSEE commune file
3. Book: Houck, George Francis. The Church in Northern Ohio and in the Diocese of Cleveland: From 1749 to 1890. 57. Louis%20Amadeus%20Rappe.. 1887-01-01. Short & Forman. en.