Bennetot
Bennetot | |
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Part of Terres-de-Caux | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bennetot | |
  Bennetot Location within France  Bennetot Location within Normandy | |
| Coordinates: 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 | Saint-Valery-en-Caux |
| Commune | Terres-de-Caux |
Area 1 | 4.58 km2 (1.77 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | 173 |
| • Density | 37.8/km2 (97.8/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 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. | |
Bennetot (French pronunciation: [bɛnto]) is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Terres-de-Caux.[2]
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
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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
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" [Reference populations 2023] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2025.
- ↑ Arrêté préfectoral 12 September 2016 (in French)
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