Renty

Renty
Commune
The square of Renty
Coat of arms
Location of Renty
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Coordinates: 50°35′02″N 2°04′25″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Fruges
Intercommunality	Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marc Findinier
Area 1	15.67 km2 (6.05 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	581
• Density	37/km2 (96/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62704 /62560
Elevation	77–186 m (253–610 ft) (avg. 162 m or 531 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Renty is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Renty lies about 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, on the D129 road, by the banks of the river Aa.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	484	—
1975	429	−1.71%
1982	448	+0.62%
1990	463	+0.41%
1999	439	−0.59%
2007	525	+2.26%
2012	615	+3.22%
2017	624	+0.29%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• Two churches, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The ruins of the castle of Renty, destroyed in 1638.

The Battle of Renty (August 13th, 1554)

Henry II of France inherited his father's fight against Charles Quint. After the failure of a peace trip to Germany, his armies occupied Metz, Toul and Verdun in order to consolidate the north-east border of France. In June 1554, Renty, a small village with a solid castle was in the hands of Spanish imperial troops.
At noon, the French artillery began firing at Renty Castle. The siege lasted until August 15.
The castle was restored in 1630 but was destroyed eight years later in August 1638, during the Thirty Years War, by Marshal Châtillon.

There are still traces of the feudal motte in the centre of the village.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Château de Renty – fishing and history (in French)