Delettes
Delettes is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Delettes | |
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_city_limit_sign_Delettes.JPG) The road into Delettes | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Delettes 
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  Delettes  Delettes | |
| Coordinates: 50°37′06″N 2°12′50″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Omer |
| Canton | Fruges |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Saint-Omer |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jacques Bourdon |
| Area 1 | 14.69 km2 (5.67 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 1,178 |
| • 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. | |
Geography
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
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| Population | 728 | 742 | 743 | 821 | 912 | 912 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | ||||||
Places of interest
- 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.
External links
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- The war memorial (in French)
- History of Delettes (in French)
- Delettes on the Insee website (in French)
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