Barentin Explained

Barentin
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Barentin.svg
Arrondissement:	Rouen
Canton:	Barentin
Insee:	76057
Postal Code:	76360
Mayor:	Christophe Bouillon^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Coordinates:	49.55°N 0.95°W
Elevation M:	75
Elevation Min M:	30
Elevation Max M:	128
Area Km2:	12.74

Barentin (in French pronounced as /baʁɑ̃tɛ̃/) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

The town is situated in the valley of the Austreberthe, a small affluent of the Seine.^[2] It is a town of light industry and farming situated by the banks of the river Austreberthe in the Pays de Caux, some 10miles northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D6015, D143 and the D104 roads. SNCF operates a TER rail service here.

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

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in France.

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

External links

• Official website of Barentin

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. Barentin. 3. 414.
3. Web site: Petersfield Twinning Association. 2013-07-25. Chapman. Phil. May 2006. Hampshire County Council.
4. Web site: British towns twinned with French towns [via WaybackMachine.com]]. https://web.archive.org/web/20130705094933/http://www.completefrance.com/language-culture/twin-towns. 2013-07-20. 5 July 2013. Archant Community Media Ltd.