Renty

French commune
name= Renty
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Fauquembergues
insee=62704
cp=62560
maire=Jean Vielliard
mandat=
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Canton de Fauquembergues
longitude=2.07361111111
latitude=50.5838888889
alt moy=162 m
alt mini=77 m
alt maxi=186 m
hectares=1 567
km²=15,67
sans=439
date-sans=1 999
dens=28|

Renty is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A village some 13 miles (21km) southwest of Saint-Omer, on the D129 road, by the banks of the river Aa.

Population

Places of interest

* Two churches, dating from the 17th century.
* The ruins of the castle of Renty, destroyed in 1638.

The Battle of Renty (August 13th, 1554)

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 15th.
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.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://pechealatruite.chez-alice.fr/ Château de Renty – fishing and history] fr
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=62704&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Renty on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27190&req=Renty Renty on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 18th 2008."