Parenty

Parenty

Parenty is located in France
Parenty
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Montreuil
Canton Hucqueliers
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Canton d'Hucqueliers et environs
Mayor Daniel Maillard
Statistics
Elevation 50–194 m (160–636 ft)
(avg. 77 m or 253 ft)
Land area1 12.92 km2 (4.99 sq mi)
Population2 410  (2006)
 - Density 32 /km2 (83 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62648/ 62650
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.

Coordinates: 50°35′19″N 1°48′36″E / 50.5886°N 1.81°E / 50.5886; 1.81

Parenty is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Parenty lies about 10 miles (16 km) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D127.

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Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
378 406 378 369 349 396 410
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates
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Places of interest

  • Vestiges of a Merovingian cemetery.
  • The Château, dated 1785
  • Manorhouse of Parenty.
  • Manorhouse at Hodicq.
  • Manorhouse at Annezy.
  • A feudal motte
  • Chapel of Saint-Eloi at Herimetz.
  • Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Foy at Hodicq.
  • The sixteenth century church of St.Wulmer.
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Last modified on 17 March 2013, at 13:29