Berthen | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville de Berthen (59) Nord-France.svg |
Arrondissement: | Dunkerque |
Canton: | Bailleul |
Insee: | 59073 |
Postal Code: | 59270 |
Mayor: | Régis Dondeyne[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC Flandre Intérieure |
Coordinates: | 50.7833°N 2.6958°W |
Elevation M: | 58 |
Elevation Min M: | 32 |
Elevation Max M: | 162 |
Area Km2: | 5.18 |
Berthen (pronounced as /fr/; in Dutch: Berten), located at the foot of Mont des Cats, is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[2]
It is 2km (01miles) from the Belgian border, and 5km (03miles) north of Bailleul.
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.