Amettes

Amettes
Commune
The church of Amettes
Coat of arms
Location of Amettes
Amettes Amettes
Coordinates: 50°31′53″N 2°23′36″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Lillers
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michèle Delepine
Area 1	6.82 km2 (2.63 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	464
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (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.

Amettes (French pronunciation: [amɛt]) 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 (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

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

External links

• The war memorial at Amettes (in French)