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Country
  
Department
  
Canton
  
Fauquembergues

Area
  
15.67 km²

Region
  
Arrondissement
  
Intercommunality
  
Pays de Saint-Omer

Local time
  
Tuesday 12:16 AM

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind SW at 6 km/h, 75% Humidity

Renty is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Contents

Map of 62560 Renty, France

Geography

Renty lies about 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, on the D129 road, by the banks of the river Aa.

Places of interest

  • Two churches, dating from the seventeenth 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 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.

    References

    Renty Wikipedia


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