Berthen

Berthen
Coat of arms
Berthen
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Berthen
Coordinates: 50°47′00″N 2°41′45″E / 50.7833°N 2.6958°E / 50.7833; 2.6958Coordinates: 50°47′00″N 2°41′45″E / 50.7833°N 2.6958°E / 50.7833; 2.6958
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Bailleul-Sud-Ouest
Intercommunality	Monts de Flandres
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patricia Moone
Area1	5.18 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	501
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Berthen (in Dutch: Berten), located at the foot of Mont des Cats, is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

It is 2 km (1.2 mi) from the Belgian border, and 5 km (3.1 mi) 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 and consecrated 12 July 1964.

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.)