Rety

Rety
Commune
The church of Rety
Coat of arms
Rety Location within Hauts-de-France region Rety
Coordinates: 50°47′53″N 1°46′32″E / 50.7981°N 1.7756°E / 50.7981; 1.7756Coordinates: 50°47′53″N 1°46′32″E / 50.7981°N 1.7756°E / 50.7981; 1.7756
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patrick Bernard
Area1	18.25 km2 (7.05 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,942
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62705 /62720
Elevation	12–120 m (39–394 ft) (avg. 64 m or 210 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.

Rety is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Rety is a farming and light industrial village comprising 15 hamlets and Rety itself. It is situated some 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D232, D243 and D127 roads, by the banks of the river Slack.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The nineteenth century Château d'Austruy.
• Traces of an old castle.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rety.

• Commune official website (in French)
• Website about the history of Rety (in French)
• Rety on the Quid website (in French)