Renty

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Coordinates: 50°35′02″N 2°04′25″E / 50.5838888889, 2.07361111111

Administration
Commune of Renty
Location

Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Fauquembergues
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Canton de Fauquembergues
Mayor	Jean Vielliard
Statistics
Elevation	77 m–186 m (avg. 162 m)
Land area^¹	15,67 km²
Population^² (1 999)	439
- Density	28/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62704/ 62560
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Renty is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

1 Geography
2 Population
3 Places of interest
4 The Battle of Renty (August 13th, 1554)
5 See also
6 External links
7 Notes

[edit] Geography

A village some 13 miles (21km) southwest of Saint-Omer, on the D129 road, by the banks of the river Aa.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
443	484	429	448	463	439
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

Two churches, dating from the 17th century.
The ruins of the castle of Renty, destroyed in 1638.

[edit] 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 15th.
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.