Barentin
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Barentin ( ) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.
Barentin ( ) 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. It is a town of light industry and farming situated by the banks of the river Austreberthe in the Pays de Caux, some northwest of Rouen at the junction of the D6015, D143 and the D104 roads. SNCF operates a TER rail service here.
Heraldry
Population
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), (19001–1945), priest of the Carmelite Order, Righteous Among the Nations
International relations
Barentin is twinned with: Petersfield, Hampshire in the United Kingdom 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
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