Samer

Samer Sint-Wulmaars
Commune
The church of Samer
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 50°38′20″N 1°44′45″E / 50.6389°N 1.7458°E / 50.6389; 1.7458Coordinates: 50°38′20″N 1°44′45″E / 50.6389°N 1.7458°E / 50.6389; 1.7458
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	CC Desvres-Samer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Claude Bailly[1]
Area 1	16.78 km2 (6.48 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	4,611
• Density	270/km2 (710/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62773 /62830
Elevation	12–199 m (39–653 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Samer (French pronunciation: ​[same]; Picard: Samé; West Flemish: Sint-Wulmaars) is a commune and in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Population[]

Places of interest[]

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the 15th century.
• The château du Grand-Molinet, dating from the 18th century.
• The ruins of an abbey, dating from the 15th century.
• Two museums, of art and of natural history.
• The de la Vienne farmhouse (1700).

Notable people[]

• Saint Vulmar, hermit who founded Samer Abbey in the 6th century. "Samer" may be a corruption of his name.
• Eustace the Monk (c. 1170-1217), pirate and mercenary, was a Benedictine monk at Samer Abbey
• Jean Mouton (c. 1459-30 October 1522) was a French composer of the Renaissance.
• Jean-Charles Cazin (1840-1901), French landscape painter, son of a well-known doctor, FJ Cazin (1788-1864), was born at Samer.

See also[]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Samer.

• Official town web site (in French)

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