Le Wast

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Le Wast

|commune status = Commune

|image = Eglise de Le Wast.jpg

|caption = The church of Le Wast

|image coat of arms =

|arrondissement = Boulogne-sur-Mer

|canton = Desvres

|INSEE = 62880

|postal code = 62142

|mayor = Philippe Demolliens{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CC Desvres-Samer

|coordinates = {{coord|50.7494|1.8031|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 52

|elevation min m = 42

|elevation max m = 70

|area km2 = 0.9

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Le Wast ({{IPA|fr|lə va|lang}}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62880-le-wast INSEE commune file] about {{convert|8|mi|km}} east of Boulogne.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62880#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |200

|1975 |195

|1982 |171

|1990 |185

|1999 |180

|2007 |196

|2012 |203

|2017 |206

}}

Transport

The Chemin de fer de Boulogne à Bonningues (CF de BB) opened a station serving Le Wast and Alincthun on 22 April 1900.{{sfn |Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |p=139 }} Passenger services were withdrawn on 31 December 1935.{{sfn |Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |p=239 }} They were reinstated in November 1942.{{sfn |Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |p=248 }} The CF de BB closed in 1948.{{sfn |Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |p=276 }}

See also

References

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=Sources=

  • {{cite book | first1 =Martin J B | last1 =Farebrother |last2=Farebrother | first2 =Joan S | year =2008 | title =Tortillards of Artois | publisher =The Oakwood Press | location =Usk | isbn =978-0-85361-554-5 }}

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