Barenton-sur-Serre

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Location of Barenton-sur-Serre

(2020–2026) Christian Lecuyer^[1]Area

8.05 km² (3.11 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

130 • Density16/km² (42/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

02048 /02270

Elevation61–122 m (200–400 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Barenton-sur-Serre (French pronunciation: [baʁɑ̃tɔ̃ syʁ sɛʁ], literally Barenton on Serre) is a commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

Geography

Barenton-sur-Serre is located some 35 km southeast of Saint-Quentin and 15 km northeast of Laon. National Route N2 passes through the commune from Froidmont-Cohartille in the northeast running southwest through the commune. Access to the village is by road D3060 running west from the N2 to the village then continuing north-west to road D12. There is also access to the village on a country road from Froidmont-Cohartille. There is quite a large area of forest north of the village and in a belt extending southeast of the village. The rest of the commune is all farmland.^[3]

The Ru de Barentons flows from the south of the commune into the Souche river which flows from east to west through the commune then continues northwest to join the Serre river.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

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List of Successive Mayors of Barenton-sur-Serre^[4]

From	To	Name	Party
1995	2008	Gérard Cuvillier	DVD
2008	2014	Sébastien Lhermine
2014	2020	Bruno Séverin
2020	Present	Christian Lecuyer

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	109	—
1975	97	−1.65%
1982	112	+2.08%
1990	106	−0.69%
1999	109	+0.31%
2007	111	+0.23%
2012	118	+1.23%
2017	134	+2.58%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Gallery

The Church
Jedburgh Augustus Memorial
The Souche river from the bridge
The War Memorial

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Google Maps
^ List of Mayors of France (in French)
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Barenton-sur-Serre on the old National Geographic Institute website (in French)
40000 Bell Towers website (in French)
Barenton-sur-Serre on Géoportail, National Geographic Institute (IGN) website (in French)
Baranton sur Serre on the 1750 Cassini Map