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Barentin

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Barentin

|commune status = Commune

|image = Barentin pont 1.jpg

|image coat of arms = Blason Barentin.svg

|caption = Viaduct

|arrondissement = Rouen

|canton = Barentin

|INSEE = 76057

|postal code = 76360

|mayor = Christophe Bouillon{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality =

|coordinates = {{coord|49.55|0.95|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 75

|elevation min m = 30

|elevation max m = 128

|area km2 = 12.74

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Barentin ({{IPA|fr|baʁɑ̃tɛ̃}}) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

The town is situated in the valley of the Austreberthe, a small affluent of the Seine.{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Barentin|volume=3|page=414}} It is a town of light industry and farming situated by the banks of the river Austreberthe in the Pays de Caux, some {{convert|10|mi|km}} northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D6015, D143 and the D104 roads. SNCF operates a TER rail service here.

Heraldry

{{Blazon-arms

|img1=Blason Barentin.svg

|legend1=Arms of Barentin

|text=The arms of Barentin are blazoned :
Azure, a viaduct argent masonned sable, and in chief 3 bees Or.

}}

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-76057#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|graph-pos = right

|1968 |9790

|1975 |10773

|1982 |12364

|1990 |12721

|1999 |12836

|2007 |12291

|2012 |12175

|2017 |11822

}}

Places of interest

  • 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.

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Notable people

International relations

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}

Barentin is twinned with:

  • {{flagicon|GBR}} Petersfield, Hampshire in the United Kingdom{{cite web|url=http://www.petersfieldtwinningassociation.org.uk/|title=Petersfield Twinning Association|access-date=2013-07-25|last=Chapman|first=Phil|date=May 2006|publisher=Hampshire County Council}}{{cite web|url=http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130705094933/http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns|title=British towns twinned with French towns [via WaybackMachine.com]|access-date=2013-07-20|archive-date=5 July 2013|work=Archant Community Media Ltd}}
  • {{flagicon|GER}} Warendorf in Germany
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Castiglione delle Stiviere in Italy
  • {{flagicon|CAN}} Brossard, Quebec in Canada

See also

References

  • Émile Lefort, Barentin autrefois, aujourd'hui, Rouen, 1933 {{ISBN|2-84373-627-7}}

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External links

{{commons category|Barentin}}

{{EB1911 poster|Barentin}}

  • [http://www.ville-barentin.fr/ Official website of Barentin] {{in lang|fr}}

{{Seine-Maritime communes}}

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Category:Communes of Seine-Maritime

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