Ouve-Wirquin (; pcd, Houffe-Wirquin; ) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Pas-de-Calais department in the
Hauts-de-France region of
France
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INSEE commune file
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Geography
Ouve-Wirquin lies about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Saint-Omer
Saint-Omer (; vls, Sint-Omaars) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France.
It is west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the Artois province. The town is named after Saint Audoma ...
, on the junction of the D225 and the D341, the route of the Roman road the ''Chausée Brunehaut''. The river Aa flows through the commune.
Population
Places of interest
* The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the nineteenth century.
* An eighteenth-century watermill
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.
See also
* Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
References
Ouvewirquin
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