Amettes

Amettes is a common French, located in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and the area Nord-Pas-de-Calais.

Geography

The village of Amettes is an Artesian village with the habitat grouped along the Nave which digs a picturesque and raised valley. Downstream the river sprinkles the village of Hearts and upstream, the village of Nédon. Nave is thrown in Clarence which is itself an affluent of the Lily.

Amettes is located on the buttresses of the hills of Artois at a few kilometers of the high hill of Hurtbise (200m of altidude approximately).

History

The commune is served by the secondary road 341 known as Chaussée Brunehaut connecting Arras to Thérouanne.

Amettes saw the birth, the March 26th 1748, of Benoît Joseph Labre, saint of the Catholic church. The native house of the saint is always upright, preserved Artesian thatched cottage typical good accessible (free) to the visit in a meadow below the church.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Saint-Sulpice* church: turn 1573, nave 1622; goldsmithery 16th, tombstone in relief 1632, bell 1599. relics of Saint Benoit Labre. Chemin de cross (close to the native house of saint Benoit Labre

War memorial (1921) ( source: site reports of stone) REGISTERED NAMES

1914-1918

JOVÉNIAUX Charles (born on October 13rd, 1896 in Amettes. Soldier with the 365e regiment of infantry, 4th company of machine-gun. died for France on May 25th, 1917 with ambulance 2/72 of Mourmelon-le-Petit (Meuse) of the continuations of wounds of war (multiple wounds lumbar area by glare of shell)

DEGRUGILLIERS Gerard-Paul-Amédée (Born on March 3rd, 1891 in Amettes. Soldier with the 82e regiment of heavy artillery. Died for France on May 20th, 1917 with Vendresse and Troyon (Aisne), killed with the enemy) of Paul-Augustin-Joseph Dégrugillier, 29 years, miller, and of Clementine-Sophie Thérache, 33 years, housewife

SAILLIOT Joseph (Sailliot Joseph of the 3rd zouaves, dead on March 1st, 1918, buried with the necropolis main road of Sillery in the Marne) Joseph-Ignace. Born on February 25th, 1880 in Amettes. Died the 1 {{er}} March 1918 in the Marne

POHIER Jules (Born on June 3rd, 1896 in Amettes. Soldier with the 43e regiment of infantry, 10th company. Died for France on November 1st, 1918 with Metzeral (Alsace), killed with the enemy)

BOCQUILLON Omer-Benoit-Joseph (Born on December 19th, 1893 in Amettes. Soldier with the 25e regiment of infantry. Died for France on November 12th, 1918 with Hollerdeich (Germany), of the continuations of a disease contracted in captivity) of lady Marie Bocquillon, widow

DEGRUGILLIER Joseph-Jules (Born on April 11th, 1891 in Amettes. Soldier with the 165e regiment of infantry. Died for France on August 29th, 1914 with Murvaux (Meuse), killed with the enemy) of Achilles Dégrugillier, 48 years, farmer, and of Célina Duval, 42 years, housewife

SAILLIOT David-Augustin (Born on March 18th, 1888 in Amettes. Hunter of 2nd class to the 17th battalion of Alpine hunter. Died for France on March 20th, 1915 with Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, killed with the enemy) of Louis Sailliot, 41 years, farmer and of Marie Biosque, 31 years, housewife. Married on September 14th, 1912 with Nédonchel

DELATTRE Alexandre-Jules-Joseph (Born on March 20th, 1894 in Liévin. soldier of 2nd class to the 50e regiment of infantry. Died for France on September 24th, 1914 with Auberine (the Marne), killed with the enemy) of Ignace-Abel Delattre, 31 years, miner, and of Jeanne Leclercq, 22 years, housewife, inhabitant quoted number 3 in Liévin

PRUVOST Henri

COSSART Leon

Henri FEBRUARY

FULLER Edgard-Abel-Jean (Born on February 24th, 1893 in Amettes. Sapper with the 3rd regiment of the genius. Died for France on December 7th, 1914 in Harazée (the Marne), killed with the enemy) of Hermel-Benoit-Joseph Fuller, 32 years, farmer, and of Cecile-Anne Delecroix, 34 years, without profession

DELFORGE Jean-Baptist-Anatole-Joseph (Born on August 23rd, 1893 in Amettes. Soldier 2nd class with the 366e regiment of infantry. Died for France on February 11th, 1916 in Eparges (Meuse), killed with the enemy) of Jules Delforge, 41 years, farmer, and of Anatolia Pruvost, 28 years, cultivatrice

DELFORGE Christmas-Jules-Joseph (Born on December 25th, 1894 in Amettes. Soldier with the 165e regiment of infantry. died for France on February 23rd, 1916 with the wood of the Edges (Meuse), killed with the enemy) of Jules Delforge, 42 years, farmer, and of Anatolia Pruvost, 29 years, cultivatrice

BOULNOIS Benjamin-Jules (Born on May 19th, 1884 in Bourecq. Foreman with the 10th regiment of the genius. Died for France on March 27th, 1916 with Brocourt (Meuse), ambulance 5, of the continuations of wounds received on the battle field) of Lucien Boulnois, 41 years, workman, and of Julienne Vermelle, 26 years, worker

GARACHE Marius-Rene-Joseph (Born on February 16th, 1892 in Amettes. Soldier of 2nd class to the 102e battalion of hunter to foot. Died for France on October 25th, 1916 with the ravine of Bazil? (Meuse), killed with the enemy) of Célestin-Alexandre Garache, 45 years, farmer, and of Dégrugillier Augustine-Angelica, 42 years, cultivatrice

VEST Seraph-François (Born on May 24th, 1880 in Bruay. Soldier with the 73e regiment of infantry. Died for France on September 24th, 1916 with the combat of the Sum of Maurepas, killed with the struck enemy of a glare of shell)

LOISON Arthur Arthur-Joseph. Soldier of 2 {{E}} class with the 41 {{E}} of artillery, born on March 12th, 1888, is deceased on March 28th, 1917 at the hospital of the place of Troyes

MOREL Louis

1870-1871

MIENNEE Victor DUVAL Alexandre

1939-1945

SAUTY Arthur, killed with the enemy in 1940, his body as that of Christmas BOUCHART will be brought back to Amettes to be buried in 1948 there. Arthur SAUTY is the brother of Joseph who will become in 1964 National president of CFTC.

BOUCHART Christmas

Personalities related to the commune

Benoit Joseph Labre, saint of the Catholic church was born in Amettes in 1748. " SDF" from its time, he died in Rome in 1785 and is buried there in a small church.

. Joseph SAUTY born in Amettes 1906-1970. Christian trade-union activist - National president of the French Confederation of the Christian Workers (CFTC). . Monseigneur Jean BEILLIARD (first cousin of Joseph SAUTY) Senior of the chapter cathédral of the diocese of Arras President (founder) National of the Federation of Sacred music

See too

Common of the Pas-de-Calais

External bonds

Amettes on the site of the national geographical Institute
Amettes on the site of INSEE
Amettes on the site of Quid
Localization of Amettes on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane of Amettes on Mapquest
the war memorial on Amettes

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