Villers-Bretonneux

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Villers-Bretonneux
Coat of arms of Villers-Bretonneux
Villers-Bretonneux (France)
Villers-Bretonneux
region Hauts-de-France
Department Somme
Arrondissement Amiens
Canton Amiens-4
Community association Val de Somme
Coordinates 49 ° 52 ′  N , 2 ° 31 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 52 ′  N , 2 ° 31 ′  E
height 45-107 m
surface 14.51 km 2
Residents 4,464 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 308 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 80800
INSEE code 80799
Website www.villers-bretonneux.com

Villers-Bretonneux is a French municipality with 4464 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Amiens and the canton of Amiens-4 .

history

The place was in the Franco-Prussian War on 27./28. November 1870 scene of fierce fighting during the Battle of Amiens (1870) . During the First World War , on April 24, 1918, battles between British and German tank units took place here as part of the German spring offensive . On August 8, 1918, the " black day of the German Army ", Allied, especially Australian and Canadian units, broke through the German lines in the vicinity of Amiens. The Australian National Memorial, inaugurated by King George VI on July 22, 1938 , as well as several monuments, military cemeteries and the Musée du soldat australien commemorate the war dead .

  • Musée franco-Australia

  • War memorial

  • Mémorial National Australia (South Pavilion)

  • Entrance to the Australian Military Cemetery

Population development

1838 1851 1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007
2.163 3,284 3,326 3,342 3,474 3,473 3,347 3,686 3,952 4.116

(since 1962 population without second residence)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Son Histoire on villers-bretonneux.com in French.
  2. ^ Australian Government, Department of Veterans' Affaires: Australian National Memorial
  3. ^ Australian Government, Department of Veterans' Affaires: Visiting Villers-Bretonneux
  4. ↑ Guide pittoresque du voyageur en France , in "La Somme", éd. du Bastion, reprint 1994 - page 40.
  5. ↑ René Boyenval, René Debrie, René Vaillant - Répertoire des Noms de Famille de la Somme en 1849 , éd. Éklitra (Amiens, 1972), pp. 10-18.
  6. ^ Dictionnaire National des Communes de France - Dictionnaire Meyrat , 17th edition, éd. Albin Michel, Paris (1959).
  7. ^ Villers-Bretonneux on the Insee website .

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