Villers-au-Tertre

Villers-au-Tertre is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is around 10 km south-east of Douai.

Villers-au-Tertre
Commune
The road into Villers-au-Tertre
Coat of arms
Location of Villers-au-Tertre
Villers-au-Tertre
Villers-au-Tertre
Coordinates: 50°18′10″N 3°11′00″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementDouai
CantonAniche
IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération du Douaisis
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Patrick Mercier
Area
1
4.57 km2 (1.76 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
630
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59620 /59234
Elevation48–86 m (157–282 ft)
(avg. 83 m or 272 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Surrounding communes

Neighbourning communes are Erchin to the north, Monchecourt to the east, Fressain to the south-east and Bugnicourt to the south-west.

Heraldry
Arms of Villers-au-Tertre
 The arms of Villers-au-Tertre are blazoned :

Azure, an inescutcheon between in orle 11 billets argent. (Ligny-en-Cambrésis, Masnières and Villers-au-Tertre use the same arms.)

Unwelcome fame

Villers-au-Tertre hit the headlines at the end of July 2010 because the new owner of a house in the village, while trying to plant a tree, found the bones of two newly born children buried in the garden. Subsequently six more bodies were discovered at the recently acquired home of the former proprietor's daughter and son in law. The presumed mother of the deceased children has been placed under judicial investigation[2]

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/villers-au-tertre-les-parents-mis-en-examen-28-07-2010-1015125.php



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