Wierre-Effroy
Commune
The church of Wierre-Effroy
Location of Wierre-Effroy
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Coordinates: 50°46′44″N 1°44′21″E / 50.7789°N 1.7392°E / 50.7789; 1.7392
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Louvet[1]
Area 1	18.91 km2 (7.30 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2021)[2]	856
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62889 /62720
Elevation	14–96 m (46–315 ft) (avg. 136 m or 446 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wierre-Effroy (French pronunciation: [wjɛʁ efʁwa]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

Wierre-Effroy is situated some 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D232 and D234 roads.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the twelfth century.
• The church of St.Laurent at the hamlet of Hesdres, dating from the twelfth century.
• A sixteenth-century fortified manorhouse.
• A Battle of Britain pilot was shot down and crashed in a field near to the village. Time Team dug this site in 2000.