Renty

Renty is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Renty
Commune
The square of Renty
Coat of arms
Location of Renty
Renty
Renty
Coordinates: 50°35′02″N 2°04′25″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementSaint-Omer
CantonFruges
IntercommunalityPays de Saint-Omer
Government
 • MayorJean Vielliard
Area
1
15.67 km2 (6.05 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
624
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62704 /62560
Elevation77–186 m (253–610 ft)
(avg. 162 m or 531 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Renty lies about 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, on the D129 road, by the banks of the river Aa.

Population
Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
443484429448463439525
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest
  • Two churches, dating from the seventeenth century.
  • The ruins of the castle of Renty, destroyed in 1638.

The Battle of Renty (August 13th, 1554)

Henry II of France inherited his father's fight against Charles Quint. After the failure of a peace trip to Germany, his armies occupied Metz, Toul and Verdun in order to consolidate the north-east border of France. In June 1554, Renty, a small village with a solid castle was in the hands of Spanish imperial troops.
At noon, the French artillery began firing at Renty Castle. The siege lasted until August 15.
The castle was restored in 1630 but was destroyed eight years later in August 1638, during the Thirty Years War, by Marshal Châtillon.

There are still traces of the feudal motte in the centre of the village.

gollark: Okay, reloaded.
gollark: Oh, I do define #a, oops.
gollark: None, last I checked.
gollark: With IRC, it's generally caution about discord rate limits.
gollark: Do it correctly.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.