Barentin

Barentin
Viaduct
Barentin
Location within Upper Normandy region  Barentin
Administration
Country	France
Region	Upper Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Pavilly
Mayor	Michel Bentot
Statistics
Elevation	30–128 m (98–420 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft)
Land area1	12.74 km2 (4.92 sq mi)
Population2	12,479  (2006)
- Density	980 /km2 (2,500 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	76057/ 76360
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Barentin is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.

Geography

A town of light industry and farming situated by the banks of the Austreberthe River 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

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

Population

Historical population of Barentin

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	7962	9790	10,773	12,364	12,721	12,836	12,479
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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.

Notable people

• André Marie, politician (1897–1974)
• Père Jacques (born Lucien Bunel), (1900–1945), priest of the Carmelite Order, Righteous Among the Nations

Twin towns

• Petersfield, Hampshire in United Kingdom
• Warendorf in Germany
• Castiglione delle Stiviere in Italy
• Brossard, Quebec in Canada

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
• Seine-Maritime
• Normandy

References

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

External links

• Official website of Barentin (French)
• Barentin on the Quid website (French)
•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Barentin". Encyclopædia Britannica 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.