- Amettes
French commune
name= Amettes
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Auchel
insee=62029
cp=62260
maire=Martial Berthe
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes Artois-Lys
longitude=2.39333333333
latitude=50.5313888889
alt moy=86 m
alt mini=62 m
alt maxi=121 m
hectares=682
km²=6,82
sans=474
date-sans=1999
dens=69|Amettes is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming village situated some convert|11|mi|km|1 west of Béthune and convert|32|mi|km|1 southwest of
Lille , at the junction of the D69 and the D341 roads and by the banks of the river Nave.Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Sulpice, dating from the
16th century .
* The war memorial.People with links to the commune
Benedict Joseph Labre , Catholic saint, was born here in1748 .See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://perso.orange.fr/memoiresdepierre/alphabetnew/a/amettes.html The war memorial at Amettes] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26528&req=Amettes Amettes on the Quid website] fr
Notes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on July 10th 2008."
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