Delettes

Delettes
Coat of arms
Location of Delettes
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Morinie
Government
• Mayor	Jacques Bourdon
Area 1	14.69 km2 (5.67 sq mi)
Population  (1999)	912
• Density	62/km2 (160/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.

Delettes is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

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

Population

Historical population of Delettes

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
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.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The war memorial Template:Fr icon
• History of Delettes Template:Fr icon
• Delettes on the Insee website Template:Fr icon
• Delettes on the Quid website Template:Fr icon