Bennetot
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  Bennetot | |
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Location within Upper Normandy region  Bennetot | |
| Coordinates: 49°40′19″N 0°33′11″E / 49.6719°N 0.5531°ECoordinates: 49°40′19″N 0°33′11″E / 49.6719°N 0.5531°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Upper Normandy |
| Department | Seine-Maritime |
| Arrondissement | Le Havre |
| Canton | Fauville-en-Caux |
| Intercommunality | Cœur de Caux |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Albert-Jean Foulon |
| Area1 | 4.58 km2 (1.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 171 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (97/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 76078 / 76640 |
| Elevation |
97–131 m (318–430 ft) (avg. 121 m or 397 ft) |
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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. | |
Bennetot is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.
Geography
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 |
Population
| 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
- The church of St.André, dating from the seventeenth century.
- A sixteenth century manorhouse
Notable people
- Réné-Aubert Vertot, French historian, was born here on the 25th Nov 1655.
See also
- Communes of the Seine-Maritime department
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bennetot. |
- Bennetot on the Quid website (French)
