Berthen

Berthen
Berthen
Commune
	A general view of Berthen
	Coat of arms
	Location of Berthen
	Berthen Berthen
	Coordinates: 50°47′00″N 2°41′45″E / 50.7833°N 2.6958°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Bailleul
Intercommunality	CC Flandre Intérieure
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Régis Dondeyne
Area 1	5.18 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population (2021)	597
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59073 /59270
Elevation	32–162 m (105–531 ft) ; (avg. 58 m or 190 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Berthen (French pronunciation: [bɛʁtɛn]; in Dutch: Berten), located at the foot of Mont des Cats, is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

It is 2 km (1.2 mi) from the Belgian border, and 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Bailleul.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	426	—
1975	406	−0.68%
1982	439	+1.12%
1990	464	+0.69%
1999	517	+1.21%
2009	501	−0.31%
2014	522	+0.82%
2020	577	+1.68%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Church of St Blaise

The ancient church dated from 1589. The church and village was destroyed on 28 May 1940 by German bombing.

The new church was begun in 1961 to the plans of the architect E.-M. Thibault and consecrated 12 July 1964. The new church retains the profile of the old. Claude Blanchet's windows show the Passion.

Heraldry

Arms of Berthen	The arms of Berthen are blazoned : Or, a bordure azure, and on an inescutcheon argent, a lion gules armed, langued and crowned Or, within a bordure azure. (Caëstre and Berthen use the same arms.)