Béthencourt-sur-Somme

Béthencourt-sur-Somme
Béthencourt-sur-Somme
Commune
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	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 49°47′44″N 2°57′52″E / 49.7956°N 2.9644°ECoordinates: 49°47′44″N 2°57′52″E / 49.7956°N 2.9644°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Ham
Intercommunality	CC Est de la Somme
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patricia Poturalski
Area 1	2.87 km2 (1.11 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	129
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80097 /80190
Elevation	53–83 m (174–272 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.

Béthencourt-sur-Somme (Picard: Bétencourt-su-Sonme) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography[]

The commune is situated on the D15 and D62 road junction, on the banks of the river Somme, some 16 miles (26 km) west of Saint-Quentin.

Historical population of Béthencourt-sur-Somme
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	107	132	118	117	122	110	134
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

It was here that King Henry V found a crossing point over the river Somme in 1415, just days before the Battle of Agincourt.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.

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