Delettes

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

Delettes
Commune
The road into Delettes
Coat of arms
Location of Delettes
Delettes Delettes
Coordinates: 50°37′06″N 2°12′50″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Fruges
Intercommunality	Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Massez
Area ^1	14.69 km^2 (5.67 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,178
• Density	80/km^2 (210/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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A commune of four small farming villages situated 9 miles (14 km) south of Saint-Omer, Delettes is located 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

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

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