Willeman

Willeman
Coat of arms
Willeman
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Willeman
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Le Parcq
Intercommunality	Canche Ternoise
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Xavier Degrugillier
Area1	10.17 km2 (3.93 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	177
• Density	17/km2 (45/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62890 / 62770
Elevation	42–110 m (138–361 ft) (avg. 47 m or 154 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Willeman is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. This village has the southernmost Dutch name in France coming from its original Germanic roots.

Geography

Surrounded by woodland, Willeman is located 21 miles (34 km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D110 and D98 crossroads and 5miles (8k) southeast of Hesdin in the heart of the ‘7 vallées’ countryside. A small stream, the Riviérette, a tributary of the Canche flows through the village.

Population

Historical population of Willeman

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	213	240	228	217	200	155	177
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St. Sulpice, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The château, whose façades and roof, along with a dovecote, are listed as historic monuments.
• A seventeenth century manor house, the Manoir de Vallières.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Willeman on the Quid website (French)