Bennetot
Part of Terres-de-Caux in Normandy, France
Coat of arms
Location of Bennetot
49°40′19″N 0°33′11″E / 49.6719°N 0.5531°E / 49.6719; 0.5531
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76640
(avg. 121 m or 397 ft)
Bennetot 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
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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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
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