Bennetot
Appearance
Bennetot | |
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Part of Terres-de-Caux | |
Coordinates: 49°40′19″N 0°33′11″E / 49.6719°N 0.5531°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Normandy |
Department | Seine-Maritime |
Arrondissement | Le Havre |
Canton | Saint-Valery-en-Caux |
Commune | Terres-de-Caux |
Area 1 | 4.58 km2 (1.77 sq mi) |
Population (2019)[1] | 183 |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal code | 76640 |
Elevation | 97–131 m (318–430 ft) (avg. 121 m or 397 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Bennetot is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Terres-de-Caux.[2]
Geography
[edit]A small farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D926 and the D217.
Heraldry
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The arms of Bennetot are blazoned : Per bend sinister, 1: Or, an abbot's crozier gules, and to sinister a maltese cross sable; 2: vert, 2 leopards Or
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Population
[edit]Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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Population | 143 | 148 | 105 | 113 | 97 | 127 | 171 |
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. |
Places of interest
[edit]- The church of St. André, dating from the seventeenth century.
- A sixteenth century manorhouse
Notable people
[edit]- Réné-Aubert Vertot, French historian, was born here on the 25th Nov 1655.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 12 September 2016 (in French)
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