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Bertangles () is a commune in the
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Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...
in northern France.


Geography

Bertangles is situated on the D97 road, just off the N25, north of Amiens. A farming area with extensive woodland and a grand chateau.


Population


Places of interest

* The 18th-century château, constructed by Louis-Joseph Clermont-Tonnerre from 1730 to 1734, replacing the medieval structure, itself rebuilt in the 16th century, after being burned by the Spaniards in 1597. An old gateway is all that remains of the older building, which gives access to the farm, to the west. In August 1930, a fire destroyed the interior of the château, particularly the woodwork. All was remade in the same style in subsequent years. The stairway and ramp of wrought iron have also been restored. The chateau was also used as Headquarters by the Australian Corps prior to the Battle of Amiens in August 1918


Personalities

* Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, the Red Baron, was buried with military honours by the Australian Flying Corps in the cemetery some distance from the village on 22 April 1918, but exhumed after the end of World War I and reburied first in the German military cemetery of Fricourt (Somme), then by his brother in Berlin. After the Second World War his remains were transferred to Wiesbaden (in 1975).


See also

*
Communes of the Somme department The following is a list of the 772 communes of the Somme department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): Image:Bertangles château (portail avec grille d'honneur) 1.jpg, Pillars on the main gate Image:Bertangles entrée ferme du château 1.jpg, The gate to the medieval château Image:Bertangles colombier (ferme du château) 1.jpg, The Dovecote Image:Bertangles église (vue depuis petit chemin vert) 1.jpg, The church {{authority control Communes of Somme (department)