Renty

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Renty
Renty
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Renty
Coordinates: 50°35′02″N 2°04′25″E / 50.5839°N 2.0736°E / 50.5839; 2.0736Coordinates: 50°35′02″N 2°04′25″E / 50.5839°N 2.0736°E / 50.5839; 2.0736
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Fauquembergues
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Canton de Fauquembergues
Government
• Mayor	Jean Vielliard
Area
• Land¹	15.67 km² (6.05 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Population²	525
• Population² Density	34/km² (87/sq mi)
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. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Renty is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais 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

Population history
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
443	484	429	448	463	439	525
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

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.

References

INSEE commune file

External links

Château de Renty – fishing and history (French)
Renty on the Quid website (French)

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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