Barenton-Cel () is a commune in the

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

Aisne Aisne ( , ; ; pcd, Ainne) is a French department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne. In 2019, it had a population of 531,345.Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...

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 Verneuil-sur-Serre (, literally ''Verneuil on Serre'') is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Population See also *Communes of the Aisne department The following is a list of the 799 Communes of Fra ...

in the northeast continuing southwest through the commune and the village to

Aulnois-sous-Laon Aulnois-sous-Laon (, literally ''Aulnois under Laon'') is a commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. Geography Aulnois-sous-Laon is located some 30 km southeast of Saint-Quentin and 5 km ...

in the southwest. There is also the D545 road from

Barenton-Bugny Barenton-Bugny () is a commune in the department of Aisne in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. Geography Barenton-Bugny is located some 5 km north by northwest of Laon and 8 km south of Crecy-sur-Serre. The Autoroute des ...

on the southeastern border. The commune consists entirely of farmland with no other villages or hamlets.Google Maps
/ref> The ''Ru des Barentons'' stream forms the southeastern border of the commune and flows northeast to join the ''Souche'' river in the north.

Neighbouring communes and villages

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Barenton-CelList of Mayors of France

Population

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