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Wissant

commune in Pas-de-Calais, France
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Wissant

Summary

Wissant is a commune of France[1]. Wissant ranks in the top 0.88% of commune_of_france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month, #273 of 31,031).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wissant is located in Pas-de-Calais[3].
  • Wissant is located in canton of Marquise[4].
  • Wissant is located in arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer[5].
  • Wissant is in the country of France[6].
  • Wissant's image is recorded as Wissant2.jpg[7].
  • Wissant's instance of is recorded as commune of France[8].
  • Wissant's instance of is recorded as seaside resort[9].
  • Wissant's shares border with is recorded as Audembert[10].
  • Wissant's shares border with is recorded as Escalles[11].
  • Wissant's shares border with is recorded as Hervelinghen[12].
  • Wissant's shares border with is recorded as Tardinghen[13].
  • Wissant's coat of arms image is recorded as Blason Wissant.svg[14].
  • Wissant's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ringwould with Kingsdown[15].
  • Wissant's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 236535399[16].
  • Wissant's locator map image is recorded as Map commune FR insee code 62899.png[17].
  • Wissant's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15269340p[18].
  • Wissant's IdRef ID is recorded as 067691579[19].
  • Wissant's postal code is recorded as 62179[20].
  • Wissant's Commons category is recorded as Wissant[21].
  • Wissant's Insee municipality code is recorded as 62899[22].
  • Wissant's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 178388[23].
  • Wissant's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[24].
  • Wissant's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[25].
  • Wissant's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.885277777778, 'lon': 1.6627777777778}[26].
  • Wissant's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03ck6zx[27].

Body

Identity

Wissant's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Wissant'}[28].

Why It Matters

Wissant ranks in the top 0.88% of commune_of_france entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month, #273 of 31,031).[2] Wissant has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Wissant is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Audembert France Hervelinghen Tardinghen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . pastel.diplomatie.gouv.fr. pastel.diplomatie.gouv.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . dataset of postal codes in France. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . INSEE code. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . OpenStreetMap. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . répertoire géographique des communes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Code officiel géographique. Retrieved . insee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · VIGNERON · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Area → {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+12.79'}
    Population → {'amount': '+1016'}, {'amount': '+988'}, {'amount': '+1003'} +8
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Pas-de-Calais, canton of Marquise, arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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