Bennetot
# Bennetot

Bennetot is a former commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Terres-de-Caux.

## Geography

A small farming village situated in the Pays de Caux, some 22 miles (35 km) northeast of Le Havre, at the junction of the D926 and the D217.

## Heraldry

| Arms of Bennetot | The arms of Bennetot are blazoned : Per bend sinister, 1: Or, an abbot's crozier gules, and to sinister a maltese cross sable; 2: vert, 2 leopards Or |
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## Population

Historical population of Bennetot :

| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 143 | 148 | 105 | 113 | 97 | 127 | 171 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. ||||||||

## Places of interest

* The church of St. André, dating from the seventeenth century.
* A sixteenth century manorhouse

## Notable people

* Réné-Aubert Vertot, French historian, was born here on the 25th Nov 1655.
