Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes

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Coordinates: 49°48′50″N 2°27′55″E / 49.8139, 2.465278

Commune of Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Montdidier
Canton	Moreuil
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Avre Luce Moreuil
Mayor	Jean-Luc Vasseur (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	33 m–107 m (avg. 41 m)
Land area¹	2.62 km²
Population² (1999)	431
- Density	164/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80094/ 80110
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 History 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Geography

Situated on the D935 road, close to the banks of the Somme some 9 miles southeast of Amiens. The soil around the town comprises alluvial deposits in the valley of the Luce, the small river that separates Berteaucourt from Thennes, red diluvium around the school and out towards Thézy-Glimont, chalk towards the slopes and Eocene clay on the higher ground.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
279	291	281	356	411	431
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] History

Being very close to the front line during much of the First World War 1914-1918, the town was all but destroyed. Every building, as well as the cemetery, suffered a great deal of damage. The German attack of March 21, 1918 on the front line from Saint-Quentin to La Fère had succeeded in creating a pocket 80km deep into the combined British and French lines. General Seely set up his headquarters at Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes in March, 1918. On August 8, 1918, the French troops left Thennes and Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes, counter-attacking towards Villers-aux-Érables.

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

(All French language)

• Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes sur le site de l'Institut géographique national
• Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes sur le site de l'Insee
• Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes sur le site du Quid
• Localisation de Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes sur une carte de France et communes limitrophes
• Plan de Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes sur Mapquest

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on January 24th, 2008.