Renty
Renteke
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The square of Renty
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Renty  | |
  Renty Show map of France  Renty Show map of Hauts-de-France | |
| Coordinates: 50°35′02″N 2°04′25″E / 50.5839°N 2.0736°E / 50.5839; 2.0736 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Omer |
| Canton | Fruges |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Saint-Omer |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Marc Findinier[1] |
| Area
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| 15.67 km2 (6.05 sq mi) |
| Population
(2021)[2]
| 581 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (96/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
62704 /62560
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| Elevation | 77–186 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. | |
Renty (French pronunciation: [ʁɑ̃ti]; West Flemish: Renteke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Renty lies about 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, on the D129 road, by the banks of the river Aa.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 484 | — |
| 1975 | 429 | −1.71% |
| 1982 | 448 | +0.62% |
| 1990 | 463 | +0.41% |
| 1999 | 439 | −0.59% |
| 2007 | 525 | +2.26% |
| 2012 | 615 | +3.22% |
| 2017 | 624 | +0.29% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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.
The Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais opened a railway station at Renty in 1881.[5] The railway was closed in 1955.[6]
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