Barenton

Barenton
The church in Barenton
The church in Barenton
Location of Barenton
Barenton is located in France
Barenton
Barenton
Location within France
Barenton is located in Normandy
Barenton
Barenton
Location within Normandy
Coordinates: 48°36′00″N 0°49′51″W / 48.6°N 0.8308°W / 48.6; -0.8308
CountryFrance
RegionNormandy
DepartmentManche
ArrondissementAvranches
CantonLe Mortainais
IntercommunalityCA Mont-Saint-Michel-Normandie
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Stéphane Lelièvre
Area
1
34.88 km2 (13.47 sq mi)
Highest elevation
297 m (974 ft)
Lowest elevation
88 m (289 ft)
Population
 (2023)
1,161
 • Density33.29/km2 (86.21/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
50029 /50720
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.

The source of the river Sélune is in this commune.


The commune is in the Normandie-Maine Regional Natural Park.


Points of Interest

Museums

National Heritage sites

Notable people

Twin towns

Barenton is twinned with:

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Google Maps". Google Maps.
  4. ↑ "Fiche cours d'eau - La Selune (I9--0200)". Sandre. SandreI9--0200.
  5. ↑ "rapport de charte" (PDF), parc-naturel-normandie-maine.fr/
  6. ↑ "Musée du Poiré". Réseau des musées de Normandie. Barenton, Manche, Normandy, France: Normandy Tourism. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "Musée du Poiré BARENTON : Normandie Tourisme".
  8. ↑ "Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Monteglise". Monumentum (in French). Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Oxford Reference". Oxford University Press. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ "Arthur, Marie, Alexis Legrand - Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
  12. ↑ "Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët. Le père Hilaire de Barenton, orientaliste et érudit capucin". lamanchelibre.fr. 21 March 2023.
  13. ↑ Ouest-France (24 January 2014). "Les jumelages franco-allemands" (in French).