Berthen | |
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.jpg) A general view of Berthen | |
_Nord-France.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Berthen  | |
  Berthen  Berthen | |
| Coordinates:50°47′00″N2°41′45″E / 50.7833°N 2.6958°E /50.7833; 2.6958 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque |
| Canton | Bailleul |
| Intercommunality | CC Flandre Intérieure |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Régis Dondeyne[1] |
Area 1 | 5.18 km2 (2.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 618 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59073 /59270 |
| Elevation | 32–162 m (105–531 ft) (avg. 58 m or 190 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Berthen (French pronunciation:[bɛʁtɛn]; in Dutch: Berten), located at the foot ofMont des Cats, is acommune in theNorddepartment in northernFrance.[3]
It is 2 km (1.2 mi) from the Belgian border, and 5 km (3.1 mi) north ofBailleul.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 426 | — |
| 1975 | 406 | −0.68% |
| 1982 | 439 | +1.12% |
| 1990 | 464 | +0.69% |
| 1999 | 517 | +1.21% |
| 2009 | 501 | −0.31% |
| 2014 | 522 | +0.82% |
| 2020 | 577 | +1.68% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
The ancient church dated from 1589. The church and village was destroyed on 28 May 1940 by German bombing.
The new church was begun in 1961 to the plans of the architect E.-M. Thibault and consecrated 12 July 1964. The new church retains the profile of the old. Claude Blanchet's windows show the Passion.
| The arms of Berthen areblazoned : Or, a bordure azure, and on an inescutcheon argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned Or, within a bordure azure. (Caëstre andBerthen use the same arms.) |
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