Amettes

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Michèle Delepine^[1]Area6.82 km² (2.63 sq mi)Population464 • Density68/km² (180/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation62–121 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.

Amettes (French pronunciation: [amɛt]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

A farming village situated some 11 miles (18 km) west of Béthune and 32 miles (51 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

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	566	—
1975	507	−1.56%
1982	505	−0.06%
1990	507	+0.05%
1999	474	−0.75%
2009	500	+0.54%
2014	510	+0.40%
2020	461	−1.67%
Source: INSEE[4]

Sights

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

Personalities

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

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

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