Villers-Bretonneux
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region | Hauts-de-France | |
Department | Somme | |
Arrondissement | Amiens | |
Canton | Amiens-4 | |
Community association | Val de Somme | |
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 .
Population development
1838 | 1851 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2007 |
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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
- ↑ Son Histoire on villers-bretonneux.com in French.
- ^ Australian Government, Department of Veterans' Affaires: Australian National Memorial
- ^ Australian Government, Department of Veterans' Affaires: Visiting Villers-Bretonneux
- ↑ Guide pittoresque du voyageur en France , in "La Somme", éd. du Bastion, reprint 1994 - page 40.
- ↑ René Boyenval, René Debrie, René Vaillant - Répertoire des Noms de Famille de la Somme en 1849 , éd. Éklitra (Amiens, 1972), pp. 10-18.
- ^ Dictionnaire National des Communes de France - Dictionnaire Meyrat , 17th edition, éd. Albin Michel, Paris (1959).
- ^ Villers-Bretonneux on the Insee website .
Web links
- Community website
- Villers-Bretonneux on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
- Villers-Bretonneux on cartesfrance.fr (French)