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Samer
Sint-Wulmaars | |
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| The church of Samer The church of Samer | |
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Coat of arms of Samer Coat of arms | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
| Canton | Desvres |
| Intercommunality | CC Desvres-Samer |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–2026) | Christophe Douchain[1] |
Area 1 | 16.78 km2 (6.48 sq mi) |
| Population (Lua error in Module:Settlement_Wikidata at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).)Lua error in Module:Settlement_Wikidata at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). | Lua error in Module:Settlement_Wikidata at line 197: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62773 /62830 |
| Elevation | 12–199 m (39–653 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Samer (French pronunciation: [same]; Picard: Samé; West Flemish: Sint-Wulmaars) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2]
Population
[edit | edit source]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,675 | — |
| 1975 | 2,845 | +0.88% |
| 1982 | 2,930 | +0.42% |
| 1990 | 3,026 | +0.40% |
| 1999 | 3,105 | +0.29% |
| 2007 | 3,457 | +1.35% |
| 2012 | 3,891 | +2.39% |
| 2017 | 4,496 | +2.93% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Saint Vulmar, hermit who founded Samer Abbey in the 6th century.
- Eustace the Monk (c. 1170–1217), pirate and mercenary, was a Benedictine monk at Samer Abbey
- Jean Mouton (c. 1459-30 October 1522), a French composer.
- Jean-Charles Cazin (1840-1901), French landscape painter, was born at Samer.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
[edit | edit source]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Samer.
- Official town web site (in French)
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