Barenton
Barenton | |
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The church in Barenton | |
Location of Barenton | |
Barenton Barenton | |
| Coordinates: 48°36′00″N 0°49′51″W / 48.6°N 0.8308°W | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Normandy |
| Department | Manche |
| Arrondissement | Avranches |
| Canton | Le Mortainais |
| Intercommunality | CA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Stéphane Lelièvre[1] |
Area 1 | 34.88 km2 (13.47 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 1,161 |
| • Density | 33.29/km2 (86.21/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 50029 /50720 |
| Elevation | 88–297 m (289–974 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Barenton (French pronunciation: [baʁɑ̃tɔ̃]) is a commune in the Manche department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
Geography
The commune is made up of the following collection of villages and hamlets, Les Chesnaies, Bonsentier, Les Gouboudières, La Touchardière, Le Meslier, Barenton, Le Pont Poisson, Le Bignon, Meslé and Boudé.[3]
The source of the river Sélune is in this commune.[4]
The commune is in the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.[5]
Points of Interest
Museums
- Musée du Poiré is a Museum of France dedicated to cider making.[6] The museum is in a former farmhouse in the Norman bocage countryside, and has been open since 1983.[7]
National Heritage sites
- Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Montéglise - a sixteenth Century chapel, which was listed as a Monument historique in 1989.[8]
Notable people
- Guillaume Postel - (1510 – 1581) a linguist, Orientalist, astronomer, Christian Kabbalist, diplomat, polyglot, professor, religious universalist, and writer who was born in the commune.[9]
- Catherine Théot - (1716 ー 1794) was a visionary who was born here.[10]
- Arthur Legrand - (1833 – 1916) was a lawyer, public servant and politician who was elected to General Council of Manche for Barenton.[11]
- Hilaire de Barenton - (1864 – 1946), a friar, linguist and historian of Middle Eastern languages was born here[12]
Twin towns
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Google Maps". Google Maps.
- ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - La Selune (I9--0200)".
- ^ "rapport de charte" (PDF), parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/
- ^ "Musée du Poiré". Réseau des musées de Normandie. Barenton, Manche, Normandy, France: Normandy Tourism. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Musée du Poiré BARENTON : Normandie Tourisme".
- ^ "Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Monteglise". Monumentum (in French). Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "Oxford Reference". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ Solans, Francisco Javier Ramón (1 June 2016). "Being Immortal in Paris: Violence and Prophecy during the French Revolution". Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales - English Edition. 71 (2): 217–245. doi:10.1017/S2398568217000139 – via Cambridge University Press.
- ^ "Arthur, Marie, Alexis Legrand - Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
- ^ "Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët. Le père Hilaire de Barenton, orientaliste et érudit capucin". lamanchelibre.fr. 21 March 2023.
- ^ Ouest-France (24 January 2014). "Les jumelages franco-allemands" (in French).
External links
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