Amettes

Amettes
Commune
The church of Amettes
Coat of arms
Amettes Location within Hauts-de-France region Amettes
Coordinates: 50°31′53″N 2°23′36″E / 50.5314°N 2.3933°E / 50.5314; 2.3933Coordinates: 50°31′53″N 2°23′36″E / 50.5314°N 2.3933°E / 50.5314; 2.3933
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Lillers
Intercommunality	Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Corinne Vasseur
Area1	6.82 km2 (2.63 sq mi)
Population (2014)2	510
• Density	75/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (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. 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 Hauts-de-France region of France.

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

Sights

• The church of St. Sulpice, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The war memorial.

Church interior

Personalities

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

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Amettes.

• The war memorial at Amettes (in French)
• Amettes on the Quid website (in French)