Barentin
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Barentin | |
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 Viaduct | |
 Coat of arms | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Rouen |
| Canton | Barentin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Christophe Bouillon[1] |
Area 1 | 12.74 km2 (4.92 sq mi) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76057 /76360 |
| Elevation | 30–128 m (98–420 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Barentin (French pronunciation: [baʁɑ̃tɛ̃]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Geography
[edit | edit source]The town is situated in the valley of the Austreberthe, a small affluent of the Seine.[2] It is a town of light industry and farming situated by the banks of the river Austreberthe in the Pays de Caux, some 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D6015, D143 and the D104 roads. SNCF operates a TER rail service here.
Heraldry
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The arms of Barentin are blazoned : Azure, a viaduct argent masonned sable, and in chief 3 bees Or.
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Population
[edit | edit source]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 9,790 | — |
| 1975 | 10,773 | +1.38% |
| 1982 | 12,364 | +1.99% |
| 1990 | 12,721 | +0.36% |
| 1999 | 12,836 | +0.10% |
| 2007 | 12,291 | −0.54% |
| 2012 | 12,175 | −0.19% |
| 2017 | 11,822 | −0.59% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Places of interest
[edit | edit source]- The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
- A museum.
- A seventeenth century fountain on the town square.
- More than 200 statues in the town, by Rodin, Janniot, Bourdelle, Drivier, Frémiet, Lagriffoul, etc.
- The railway viaduct, constructed in 1847 by Joseph Locke, with 27 arches 33m high.
- The sixteenth century chapel of Saint-Hélier.
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- André Marie, politician (1897–1974)
- Père Jacques (born Lucien Bunel), (1900–1945), priest of the Carmelite Order, Righteous Among the Nations
International relations
[edit | edit source]Barentin is twinned with:
Petersfield, Hampshire in the United Kingdom[4][5]
Warendorf in Germany
Castiglione delle Stiviere in Italy
Brossard, Quebec in Canada
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- Émile Lefort, Barentin autrefois, aujourd'hui, Rouen, 1933 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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External links
[edit | edit source]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barentin.
- Official website of Barentin (in French)
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