Wissant
Wissant
Witzand | |
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The centre of Wissant | |
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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 (2024–2026) | Pierre-Edouard Davies |
Area 1 | 12.79 km2 (4.94 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | 835 |
| • Density | 65.3/km2 (169/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]; from Dutch: Witzand, "white sand") is a seaside commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of Boulogne, 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) west-southwest of Calais on the English Channel coast.