Berthen
Berthen (in Dutch: Berten), located at the foot of Mont des Cats, is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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.jpg.webp) A general view of Berthen | |
_Nord-France.svg.png.webp) Coat of arms | |
Location of Berthen 
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| Coordinates: 50°47′00″N 2°41′45″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque |
| Canton | Bailleul |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de Flandre Intérieure |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Patricia Moone |
| Area 1 | 5.18 km2 (2.00 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 551 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/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. | |
It is 2 km (1.2 mi) from the Belgian border, and 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Bailleul.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 1793 | 613 | — |
| 1800 | 641 | +4.6% |
| 1806 | 693 | +8.1% |
| 1821 | 546 | −21.2% |
| 1831 | 584 | +7.0% |
| 1836 | 565 | −3.3% |
| 1841 | 600 | +6.2% |
| 1846 | 588 | −2.0% |
| 1851 | 589 | +0.2% |
| 1856 | 567 | −3.7% |
| 1861 | 583 | +2.8% |
| 1866 | 596 | +2.2% |
| 1872 | 590 | −1.0% |
| 1876 | 607 | +2.9% |
| 1881 | 660 | +8.7% |
| 1886 | 700 | +6.1% |
| 1891 | 685 | −2.1% |
| 1896 | 657 | −4.1% |
| 1901 | 644 | −2.0% |
| 1906 | 667 | +3.6% |
| 1911 | 605 | −9.3% |
| 1921 | 558 | −7.8% |
| 1926 | 546 | −2.2% |
| 1931 | 508 | −7.0% |
| 1936 | 537 | +5.7% |
| 1946 | 505 | −6.0% |
| 1954 | 510 | +1.0% |
| 1962 | 485 | −4.9% |
| 1968 | 426 | −12.2% |
| 1975 | 406 | −4.7% |
| 1982 | 439 | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 464 | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 517 | +11.4% |
| 2006 | 503 | −2.7% |
| 2009 | 501 | −0.4% |
| 2011 | 512 | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 536 | +4.7% |
Church of St Blaise
Berthen church
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.
Politics
Presidential Elections 2nd Round
| Election | Winning Candidate | Party | % | |
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| 2017 | Emmanuel Macron | En Marche! | 63.95 | |
| 2012 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 59.09 | |
| 2007 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 60.39 | |
| 2002 | Jacques Chirac | RPR | 81.71 | |
Heraldry
Arms of Berthen |
The arms of Berthen are blazoned : Or, a bordure azure, and on an inescutcheon argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned Or, within a bordure azure. (Caëstre and Berthen use the same arms.) |
See also
References
- "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- http://www.lemonde.fr/data/france/presidentielle-2017//
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