Pertain

Pertain
Part of Hypercourt
Location of Pertain
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Coordinates: 49°48′42″N 2°52′11″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Ham
Commune	Hypercourt
Area ^1	7.88 km^2 (3.04 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]	364
• Density	46/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	80320
Elevation	79–91 m (259–299 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pertain (French pronunciation: [pɛʁtɛ̃]) is a former commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Hypercourt.[2]

Geography

Pertain is situated on the D142 road, some 27 miles (43 km) southeast of Amiens, in the east of the Santerre district.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	358	—
2011	385	+1.46%
2021	364	−0.56%
Source: INSEE[3][1]

History

Founded around the end of the first millennium, the village was first known as "Pertaing". Made up of several now-disappeared hamlets, such as "Mory", "Sacy-Les-Pertain" and “Berseaucourt”.

Places of interest

• Modern church of Saint Rémy
• War memorial
• Pigeon houses from the 1950s
• Vestiges of Gallo-Roman villas
• The foundations of a medieval manor house.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

1. "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
2. Arrêté préfectoral 25 May 2016 (in French)
3. Populations légales 2011, INSEE