Widehem

Widehem
Commune
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Coordinates: 50°35′11″N 1°40′23″E / 50.5864°N 1.6731°E / 50.5864; 1.6731Coordinates: 50°35′11″N 1°40′23″E / 50.5864°N 1.6731°E / 50.5864; 1.6731
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Étaples
Intercommunality	Deux Baies en Montreuillois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pierre Lequien[1]
Area 1	7.2 km2 (2.8 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	244
• Density	34/km2 (88/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62887 /62630
Elevation	64–178 m (210–584 ft) (avg. 99 m or 325 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Widehem is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography[]

Widehem is located 19 km (12 mi) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D148E5 road, 5 km (3 mi) from the coast.

History[]

Known and recorded as "Wodingahem" in 877, after a Germanic chief of the region who opposed Charlemagne.

Population[]

Places of interest[]

The neogothic church of St.Wulmer, dates from the sixteenth century.

Widehem is the site of a pioneering 6-turbine wind farm, that opened in 1999.

See also[]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

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