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Le Wast

Coordinates: 50°44′58″N 1°48′11″E / 50.7494°N 1.8031°E

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Le Wast
Commune
The church of Le Wast
Location of Le Wast
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Coordinates: 50°44′58″N 1°48′11″E / 50.7494°N 1.8031°E / 50.7494; 1.8031
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	CC Desvres-Samer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Demolliens^[1]
Area ¹	0.9 km² (0.3 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	198
• Density	220/km² (570/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62880 /62142
Elevation	42–70 m (138–230 ft) (avg. 52 m or 171 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Le Wast (French: [lə va]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography[edit]

Le Wast is situated some 8 miles (13 km) east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D252 and D127 roads.

Population[edit]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	200	—
1975	195	−0.36%
1982	171	−1.86%
1990	185	+0.99%
1999	180	−0.30%
2007	196	+1.07%
2012	203	+0.70%
2017	206	+0.29%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Places of interest[edit]

The eleventh century church of St.Michel.
A chateau, dating from the eighteenth century.

See also[edit]

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[edit]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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