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 | 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) |
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
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
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bennetot. |
- Bennetot on the Quid website (French)
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