Delettes

Delettes
Commune
The road into Delettes
Coat of arms
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 km2 (5.67 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 (French pronunciation: ​[dəlɛt]) 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, Delettes is located at the D157 and D193 crossroads. The river Lys flows by the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	742	—
1975	743	+0.02%
1982	821	+1.44%
1990	912	+1.32%
1999	912	+0.00%
2007	1,059	+1.89%
2012	1,156	+1.77%
2017	1,178	+0.38%
Source: INSEE

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

External links

• The war memorial (in French)
• History of Delettes (in French)
• Statistical data, INSEE