Rety

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Rety Reetseeke
Commune
The church of Rety
Coat of arms
Location of Rety
(2020–2026)		Patrick Bernard^[1]
Area ¹	18.25 km² (7.05 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,069
• Density	110/km² (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Rety (French pronunciation: [ʁeti]; West Flemish: Reetseke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,633	—
1975	1,617	−0.14%
1982	1,707	+0.78%
1990	1,809	+0.73%
1999	1,924	+0.69%
2007	1,917	−0.05%
2012	2,082	+1.67%
2017	2,096	+0.13%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Places of interest

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

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE