commune
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in the
Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...
department
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Government and military
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in the
Hauts-de-France
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region of
France
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light industrial
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village comprising 15 hamlets and Rety itself. It is situated some northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D232, D243 and D127 roads, by the banks of the river Slack.
Population
Places of interest
* The church of St. Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
* The nineteenth century Château d'Austruy.
* Traces of an old castle.