Westrehem

Westrehem is a common French, located in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Geography

The village is located at the center of Pas-de-Calais, on the meridian line of Paris and with 50°10' of latitude on a somewhat broken plate of the west in the east, raised of 115 meters above the sea level. Organized around the departmental axis 94, the commune of Westrehem constitutes the Western door of the Community Artois-Lily when one comes from the High-Country of Artois.

Westrehem occupies a surface of 297 hectares and is approximately with 15 kilometers of Lillers and Surface on the Lily. The common neighbors of Westrehem are: Febvin-Palfart, Ligny-the-Surface, Auchy with Wood, Nédonchel, Fountain Hermans.

History, origin of the name…

History:

Under the old mode, Westrehem was only one simple hamlet of Ligny-the-Surface. The two villages constituted with Nédonchel (close commune) an enclave boulonnaise in Artois. There probably no was castle with Westrehem. At the origin the seigniory of Westrehem belonged to the Sohier Lord of Viefville then it depended on the Saint-Andrew abbey (Witternesse) and finally on the count de Coming-Béthune Saint. Under the French revolution, Adrien de Béthune is guillotine in Arras in 1793. Set up in commune in 1790, Westrehem included/understood 35 fires (hearths; approximately 5 people by fire).

It is necessary to announce to several times, the passage of troops in Westrehem. In 1373, the army of the Duke of LANCASTER, after having made a vain demonstration against the town of Surface came in Rely (a nearby village), and from there, went towards Fiefs while crossing Westrehem which was plundered. May 8th, 1641, the marshal of Meillerage, with an army from 20 to 25000 men, came to camp in Febvin. The following day, it went on Aire and put the seat in front of this city.

The origin of the name:

Westrehem comes from Wester, which means western and hem (derivative of heim i.e. village) is village of the west or rather hamlet of the west. It is located at the west of an old Roman way: The Brunehaut roadway. Perhaps of Anglo-Saxon origin, the agglomeration is called westernehem in 1087. During centuries the writing of the name frequently changed: Westrehem (1240), Westerehem (1430), Westerhem (1518), Westochen (1553), Westrem, (1664) and Westrehem (1570). Since it did not change a name any more.

Administration

| |- | align=right| ?? 1995 ||Mr. Roger Tailly ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| ?? 1989 ||Mr. Roger Tailly ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| ?? 1983 ||Mr. Roger Tailly ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| ?? 1977 || Mrs. Paule Tailly-Dupont ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| ?? 1971 || Mrs. Paule Tailly-Dupont ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| ?? 1953 || Mr. Edmond Decroix ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| ?? 1941 || Mr. Frederic Labitte ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| ?? 1937 || Mr. ED. Bouquillon ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| ?? 1927 || Mr. Leonce Miennée ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| ?? 1914 || Mr. Leonce Miennée ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| ?? 1911 || Mr. R. Carpentier ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| ?? 1906 || Mr. R. Carpentier ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| ?? 1900 || Mr. L. Basin ||align=" center" | || | colspan=" 4" align=" center" | |}

Demography