Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes

French commune
name= Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes


x = 137
y = 38
region=Picardie
departement=Somme
arrondissement= Montdidier
canton=Moreuil
insee=80094
cp=80110
maire=Jean-Luc Vasseur
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes Avre Luce Moreuil
longitude=2.465278
latitude=49.8139
alt moy=41 m
alt mini=33 m
alt maxi=107 m
hectares=262
km²=2.62
sans=431
date-sans=1999
dens=164
date-dens=1999

Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes is a commune in the Somme "département" in the Picardie region of France.

Geography

Situated on the D935 road, close to the banks of the Somme some 9 miles southeast of Amiens. The soil around the town comprises alluvial deposits in the valley of the Luce, the small river that separates Berteaucourt from Thennes, red diluvium around the school and out towards Thézy-Glimont, chalk towards the slopes and Eocene clay on the higher ground.

Population

History

Being very close to the front line during much of the First World War 1914-1918, the town was all but destroyed. Every building, as well as the cemetery, suffered a great deal of damage. The German attack of March 21 1918 on the front line from Saint-Quentin to La Fère had succeeded in creating a pocket 80km deep into the combined British and French lines. General Seely set up his headquarters at Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes in March, 1918. On August 8, 1918, the French troops left Thennes and Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes, counter-attacking towards Villers-aux-Érables.

ee also

* Communes of the Somme department

External links

(All French language)
* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=74144 Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes sur le site de l'Institut géographique national]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80094&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes sur le site de l'Insee]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes sur le site du Quid]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=800094 Localisation de Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes sur une carte de France et communes limitrophes]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=49.8138888888889&longitude=2.46527777777778&zoom=8 Plan de Berteaucourt-lès-Thennes sur Mapquest]

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on January 24th, 2008."