Estrée-Wamin

For other places of the same name, see Estrées.

Estrée-Wamin
Estrée-Wamin
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Estrée-Wamin
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Avesnes-le-Comte
Intercommunality	Deux Sources
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yves-Marie Petit
Area1	5.2 km2 (2.0 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	184
• Density	35/km2 (92/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62316 / 62810
Elevation	82–147 m (269–482 ft) (avg. 92 m or 302 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Estrée-Wamin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated 20 miles (32.2 km) west of Arras at the junction of the D339 and D23 roads.

It is one of many villages in the north of France bearing the name Estrées. The etymology of the name is from strata (cognate of English "street"), the word for the stone-layered Roman roads in the area (some of which turned into modern highways). Hence Estreti, village on the road which developed into Estrées.

Population

Historical population of Estrée-Wamin

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	234	235	206	183	168	184
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Vaast, at Wamin, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The church of St.Martin, at Estrée, dating from the eighteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Estrée-Wamin on the Quid website (French)