Pertain

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Pertain
Part of Hypercourt
Location of Pertain
Pertain is located in France
Pertain
Pertain
Coordinates: 49°48′42″N 2°52′11″E / 49.8117°N 2.8697°E / 49.8117; 2.8697Coordinates: 49°48′42″N 2°52′11″E / 49.8117°N 2.8697°E / 49.8117; 2.8697
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentSomme
ArrondissementPéronne
CantonHam
CommuneHypercourt
Area
1
7.88 km2 (3.04 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
390
 • Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code
80320
Elevation79–91 m (259–299 ft)
(avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pertain 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
YearPop.±%
2006358—    
2007364+1.7%
2008369+1.4%
2009381+3.3%
2010382+0.3%
2011385+0.8%
2012387+0.5%
2013390+0.8%
2014389−0.3%

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[]

References[]


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