Bennetot

Bennetot
Part of Terres-de-Caux
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°40′19″N 0°33′11″E / 49.6719°N 0.5531°E / 49.6719; 0.5531Coordinates: 49°40′19″N 0°33′11″E / 49.6719°N 0.5531°E / 49.6719; 0.5531
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  (2017)[1]	181
• Density	40/km2 (100/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 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

Population[]

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[]

• Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

References[]

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