Delettes
Delettes | |
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_city_limit_sign_Delettes.JPG) The road into Delettes | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Delettes  | |
  Delettes  Delettes | |
| Coordinates: 50°37′06″N 2°12′50″E / 50.6183°N 2.2139°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Omer |
| Canton | Fruges |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Saint-Omer |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Alain Massez[1] |
| Area 1 | 14.69 km2 (5.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,168 |
| • Density | 80/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62265 /62129 |
| Elevation | 36–138 m (118–453 ft) (avg. 54 m or 177 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Delettes (French pronunciation: [dəlɛt]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Geography[edit]
A commune of four small farming villages situated 9 miles (14 km) south of Saint-Omer, Delettes is located at the D157 and D193 crossroads. The river Lys flows by the commune.
Population[edit]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 742 | — |
| 1975 | 743 | +0.02% |
| 1982 | 821 | +1.44% |
| 1990 | 912 | +1.32% |
| 1999 | 912 | +0.00% |
| 2007 | 1,059 | +1.89% |
| 2012 | 1,156 | +1.77% |
| 2017 | 1,178 | +0.38% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Places of interest[edit]
- The church of St.Maxime, dating from the seventeenth 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.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Delettes.
- The war memorial (in French)
- History of Delettes (in French)
- Statistical data, INSEE
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