Barentin (French pronunciation: ​[baʁɑ̃tɛ̃]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Barentin
Commune
Viaduct
Coat of arms
Location of Barentin
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Coordinates: 49°33′N 0°57′E
Country	France
Region	Normandy
Department	Seine-Maritime
Arrondissement	Rouen
Canton	Barentin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Bouillon
Area 1	12.74 km2 (4.92 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	12,398
• Density	970/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
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.

Geography

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

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

Population

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

International relations

Barentin is twinned with:

• Petersfield, Hampshire in the United Kingdom[3][4]
• Warendorf in Germany
• Castiglione delle Stiviere in Italy
• Brossard, Quebec in Canada

See also

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barentin.

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Barentin".

• Official website of Barentin (in French)

На других языках

[ru] Барантен (Приморская Сена)