Pertain

Part of Hypercourt in Hauts-de-France, France

Location of Pertain

49°48′42″N 2°52′11″E / 49.8117°N 2.8697°E / 49.8117; 2.8697CountryFranceRegionHauts-de-FranceDepartmentSommeArrondissementPéronneCantonHamCommuneHypercourt Area

7.88 km² (3.04 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[1]

364 • Density46/km² (120/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 (French pronunciation: [pɛʁtɛ̃]) 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
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
2006	358	—
2011	385	+1.46%
2021	364	−0.56%
Source: INSEE^[3]^[1]

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.

References

^ ^a ^b "Populations légales 2021" [Legal populations 2021] (PDF) (in French). INSEE. December 2023.
^ Arrêté préfectoral 25 May 2016 (in French)
^ Populations légales 2011, INSEE