Wissant
Witzand | |
|---|---|
 The centre of Wissant | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Wissant  | |
  Wissant  Wissant | |
| Coordinates: 50°53′10″N 1°39′49″E / 50.8861°N 1.6636°E | |
| 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) | Laurence Prouvot[1] |
| Area 1 | 12.79 km2 (4.94 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 848 |
| • Density | 66/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62899 /62179 |
| Elevation | 0–158 m (0–518 ft) (avg. 17 m or 56 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Wissant (French pronunciation: [ɥisɑ̃];[3] from Dutch: Witzand, “white sand”[4]) is a seaside commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[5]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ "Noms de lieux et diable de prononciations". Le Monde.fr. 21 August 2010.
- ^ Kristien Hemmerechts' novel Wit Zand (Amsterdam, 1993) is set in Wissant.
- ^ INSEE commune file