Delettes

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Coordinates: 50°37′06″N 2°12′50″E / 50.6183333333, 2.21388888889

Commune of Delettes
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Morinie
Mayor	Jacques Bourdon
Statistics
Elevation	36 m–138 m (avg. 54 m)
Land area¹	14,69 km²
Population² (1999)	912
- Density	62/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62265/ 62129
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Delettes is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 Places of interest 4 See also 5 External links 6 Notes

[edit] Geography

A commune of four small farming villages situated 9 miles (14km) south of Saint-Omer, at the D157 and D193 crossroads. The river Lys flows by the commune.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
728	742	743	821	912	912
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St.Maxime, dating from the 17th 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.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• The war memorial (French)
• History of Delettes (French)
• Delettes on the Insee website (French)
• Delettes on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 9th 2008.