Barenton-Cel

Barenton-Cel
Barenton-Cel
Commune
	Location of Barenton-Cel
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	Coordinates: 49°38′36″N 3°39′12″E / 49.6433°N 3.6533°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Aisne
Arrondissement	Laon
Canton	Marle
Intercommunality	Pays de la Serre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	David Petit
Area 1	6.69 km2 (2.58 sq mi)
Population (2022)	108
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	02047 /02000
Elevation	63–106 m (207–348 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Barenton-Cel (French pronunciation: [baʁɑ̃tɔ̃ sɛl]) is a commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.

Geography

Barenton-Cel is located some 10 km north by northeast of Laon and 40 km southeast of Saint-Quentin. It can be accessed by the D547 road from Verneuil-sur-Serre in the northeast continuing southwest through the commune and the village to Aulnois-sous-Laon in the southwest. There is also the D545 road from Barenton-Bugny on the southeastern border. The commune consists entirely of farmland with no other villages or hamlets.^[3]

The Ru des Barentons stream forms the southeastern border of the commune and flows northeast to join the Souche river in the north.^[3]

Neighbouring communes and villages

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Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Barenton-Cel^[4]

From	To	Name	Party
1995	2008	Bernard Brazier	DVD
2008	Present	David Petit	UMP then LR

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	108	—
1975	129	+2.57%
1982	147	+1.88%
1990	141	−0.52%
1999	133	−0.65%
2007	147	+1.26%
2012	133	−1.98%
2017	114	−3.04%
Source: INSEE^[5]

Picture Gallery

Barenton-Cel Church
Plaque on the Church: "The Bell is given in remembrance of the collaboration of the American Red Cross with the Association of Devastated Aisne".
A street in Barenton-Cel
Barenton-Cel Landscape