Wismes

Geography

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St. André, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the seventeenth century.
• A small château of the Louis XV style.
• The remains of a 12th-century feudal motte.
• An ancient house built in 1670.

  Notable people

• Baron Armel de Wismes, writer and historian
• Charles de Gaulle attended the church at Wismes for the burial of his godfather.
• Saint Maxime passed through Wismes and a spring bears his name. He supposedly created it with a blow from his staff.
• Louis Amadeus Rappe, the Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, served as the pastor of Wismes from 1829–1834.