Delettes
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Commune of Delettes |
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Location | |
Administration | |
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Country | France |
Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Saint-Omer |
Canton | Lumbres |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Morinie |
Mayor | Jacques Bourdon |
Statistics | |
Elevation | 36 m–138 m (avg. 54 m) |
Land area¹ | 14,69 km² |
Population² (1999) |
912 |
- Density | 62/km² |
Miscellaneous | |
INSEE/Postal code | 62265/ 62129 |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Delettes is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
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[edit] Geography
A commune of four small farming villages situated 9 miles (14km) south of Saint-Omer, at the D157 and D193 crossroads. The river Lys flows by the commune.
[edit] Population
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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728 | 742 | 743 | 821 | 912 | 912 |
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting |
[edit] Places of interest
- The church of St.Maxime, dating from the 17th century.
- The church of Notre-Dame at Upen d'Amont.
- The church of Notre-Dame at Upen d'Aval.
- The war memorial. Built in 1921 and reconstructed in 1999.
[edit] See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
[edit] External links
- The war memorial (French)
- History of Delettes (French)
- Delettes on the Insee website (French)
- Delettes on the Quid website (French)
[edit] Notes
- This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 9th 2008.