Rety

Rety
Rety
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Rety
Coordinates: 50°47′53″N 1°46′32″E / 50.7981°N 1.7756°ECoordinates: 50°47′53″N 1°46′32″E / 50.7981°N 1.7756°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Marquise
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patrick Bernard
Area^1	18.25 km^2 (7.05 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	1,942
• Density	110/km^2 (280/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62705 / 62720
Elevation	12–120 m (39–394 ft) (avg. 64 m or 210 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Rety is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Rety is a farming and light industrial village comprising 15 hamlets and Rety itself. It is situated some 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D232, D243 and D127 roads, by the banks of the river Slack.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
1622	1633	1617	1707	1809	1924	1942
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The nineteenth century Château d'Austruy.
• Traces of an old castle.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Commune official website (French)
• Website about the history of Rety (French)
• Rety on the Quid website (French)