Béthencourt
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | North | |
Arrondissement | Cambrai | |
Canton | Caudry | |
Community association | Caudrésis et Catésis | |
Coordinates | 50 ° 8 ′ N , 3 ° 26 ′ E | |
height | 87-121 m | |
surface | 5.15 km 2 | |
Residents | 749 (January 1, 2017) | |
Population density | 145 inhabitants / km 2 | |
Post Code | 59540 | |
INSEE code | 59075 | |
Website | http://www.mairiebethencourt59.fr/ | |
Béthencourt Town Hall |
Béthencourt is a French village with 749 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France ; it belongs to the Arrondissement of Cambrai and the canton of Caudry (until 2015: canton of Carnières ). The inhabitants are called Béthencourtois .
geography
Béthencourt is about 14 kilometers east-southeast of Cambrai . The Erclin flows through the church. Béthencourt is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Quiévy in the north, Viesly in the east and north-east, Beaumont-en-Cambrésis in the east and south-east, Caudry in the south, Beauvois-en-Cambrésis in the west and Bévillers in the west and north-west.
Population development
year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
Residents | 988 | 933 | 839 | 766 | 694 | 677 | 717 | 775 |
Source: Cassini and INSEE |
Attractions
- Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church
- Clermont Castle
- Military cemetery
Personalities
- Jules Regnault (1834-1894), economist
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , p. 424.
Web links
Commons : Béthencourt - collection of images, videos and audio files