Parenty

Parenty
Parenty
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Parenty
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Hucqueliers
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Canton d'Hucqueliers et environs
Government
• Mayor	Daniel Maillard
Area1	12.92 km2 (4.99 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	410
• Density	32/km2 (82/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62648 / 62650
Elevation	50–194 m (164–636 ft) (avg. 77 m or 253 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Parenty is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Parenty lies about 10 miles (16 km) north of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D127.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
378	406	378	369	349	396	410
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• Vestiges of a Merovingian cemetery.
• The Château, dated 1785
• Manorhouse of Parenty.
• Manorhouse at Hodicq.
• Manorhouse at Annezy.
• A feudal motte
• Chapel of Saint-Eloi at Herimetz.
• Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Foy at Hodicq.
• The sixteenth century church of St.Wulmer.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Parenty on the Quid website (French)