Rety
Encyclopedia
Rety is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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village comprising 15 hamlets and Rety itself. It is situated some 9 miles (14.5 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D232, D243 and D127 roads, by the banks of the river Slack
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Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
Rety is a farming and light industrialLight industry
Light industry is usually less capital intensive than heavy industry, and is more consumer-oriented than business-oriented...
village comprising 15 hamlets and Rety itself. It is situated some 9 miles (14.5 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D232, D243 and D127 roads, by the banks of the river Slack
Slack River
The Slack is a 22 km long river in the Pas-de-Calais department, in northern France.It rises at Hermelinghen on Mount Binôt, flows through Rinxent, Marquise, Beuvrequen, Slack and flows into the English Channel in Ambleteuse....
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Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| 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.