Berthen
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Dunkerque | |
| Canton | Bailleul | |
| Community association | Flandre Intérieure | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 47 ' N , 2 ° 42' E | |
| height | 32-162 m | |
| surface | 5.18 km 2 | |
| Residents | 551 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 106 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59270 | |
| INSEE code | 59073 | |
| Website | http://www.berthen.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) by Berthen |
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Berthen ( Dutch : Berten ) is a French municipality with 551 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Dunkerque , the Canton of Bailleul (until 2015: Canton Bailleul-Sud-Ouest ) and the Flandre Intérieure municipal association . The inhabitants are called Berthenois .
geography
Berthen is located near the Belgian border in the former French Flanders , in the far north of France. Berthen is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Boeschepe in the north and east, Saint-Jans-Cappel in the south-east, Méteren in the south and west and Godewaersvelde in the north-west.
To the northwest is the Mont des Cats .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 485 | 426 | 406 | 439 | 464 | 517 | 503 | 510 |
Attractions
- Saint-Blaise church from 1961, previous church from 1589, destroyed in 1940
- Les Fièvres Chapel, built in 1857
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 177-178.
Web links
Commons : Berthen - collection of images, videos and audio files
