Bennetot

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]

Bennetot
Coat of arms
Location of Bennetot
Bennetot
Bennetot
Coordinates: 49°40′19″N 0°33′11″E
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentSeine-Maritime
ArrondissementLe Havre
CantonSaint-Valery-en-Caux
CommuneTerres-de-Caux
Area
1
4.58 km2 (1.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
181
  Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
76640
Elevation97–131 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.

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

Arms of Bennetot
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

Historical population of Bennetot
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population14314810511397127171
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents 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

See also

References


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