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Coat of arms of Amettes Coat of arms | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Béthune |
| Canton | Lillers |
| Intercommunality | CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Michèle Delepine[1] |
Area 1 | 6.82 km2 (2.63 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62029 /62260 |
| Elevation | 62–121 m (203–397 ft) (avg. 86 m or 282 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Amettes (French pronunciation: [amɛt]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2]
Geography
[edit | edit source]A farming village situated some 11 miles (18 km) west of Béthune and 32 miles (51 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D69 and the D341 roads and by the banks of the river Nave.
Population
[edit | edit source]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 566 | — |
| 1975 | 507 | −1.56% |
| 1982 | 505 | −0.06% |
| 1990 | 507 | +0.05% |
| 1999 | 474 | −0.75% |
| 2009 | 500 | +0.54% |
| 2014 | 510 | +0.40% |
| 2020 | 461 | −1.67% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Sights
[edit | edit source]- The church of St. Sulpice, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The war memorial.
Personalities
[edit | edit source]Benedict Joseph Labre, Catholic saint, was born here in 1748.
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amettes.
- The war memorial at Amettes (in French)
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