Renty
{{About||the enslaved man|Renty Taylor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Renty
|native name = Renteke
|commune status = Commune
|image = Renty - Place.JPG
|caption = The square of Renty
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Renty (Pas-de-Calais).svg
|arrondissement = Saint-Omer
|canton = Fruges
|INSEE = 62704
|postal code = 62560
|mayor = Jean-Marc Findinier{{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 = Pays de Saint-Omer
|coordinates = {{coord|50.5839|2.0736|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 162
|elevation min m = 77
|elevation max m = 186
|area km2 = 15.67
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Renty ({{IPA|fr|ʁɑ̃ti}}; {{langx|vls|Renteke}}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62704-renty INSEE commune file] about 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, by the banks of the river Aa.
Population
{{Historical populations
| 1968|484
| 1975|429
| 1982|448
| 1990|463
| 1999|439
| 2007|525
| 2012|615
| 2017|624
| source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62704#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
| percentages = pagr
| align = none
}}
Battle of Renty, 1554
{{Main|The Battle of Renty}}
Transport
The Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais opened a railway station at Renty in 1881.{{sfn|Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |p=31}} The railway was closed in 1955.{{sfn|Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |pp=281-82}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
=Sources=
- {{cite book | first1 =Martin J B | last1 =Farebrother |last2=Farebrother | first2 =Joan S | year =2008 | title =Tortillards of Artois | publisher =The Oakwood Press | location =Usk | isbn =978-0-85361-679-5 }}
External links
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{{Pas-de-Calais communes}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Communes of Pas-de-Calais
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