Amettes

Amettes
Amettes
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Amettes
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Auchel
Intercommunality	Artois-Lys
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Martial Berthe
Area1	6.82 km2 (2.63 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	500
• Density	73/km2 (190/sq mi)
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 Nord-Pas-de-Calais 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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	533	—
1968	566	+6.2%
1975	507	−10.4%
1982	505	−0.4%
1990	507	+0.4%
1999	474	−6.5%
2009	500	+5.5%

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

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