Amettes

Amettes

Amettes
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Béthune
Canton Auchel
Intercommunality Artois-Lys
Mayor Martial Berthe
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 62–121 m (203–397 ft)
(avg. 86 m/282 ft)
Land area1 6.82 km2 (2.63 sq mi)
Population2 474  (1999)
 - Density 70 /km2 (180 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62029/ 62260
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Amettes is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

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Geography

A farming village situated some 11 miles (17.7 km) west of Béthune and 32 miles (51.5 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D69 and the D341 roads and by the banks of the river Nave.

Population

Historical population of Amettes
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
Population 533 566 507 505 507 474
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

Notable people

Benedict Joseph Labre, Catholic saint, was born here in 1748.

See also

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