Villers-au-Tertre

Villers-au-Tertre
Villers-au-Tertre
Commune
	The road into Villers-au-Tertre
	Coat of arms
	Location of Villers-au-Tertre
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	Coordinates: 50°18′10″N 3°11′00″E / 50.3028°N 3.1833°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Aniche
Intercommunality	Douaisis Agglo
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Mercier
Area 1	4.57 km2 (1.76 sq mi)
Population (2021)	667
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59620 /59234
Elevation	48–86 m (157–282 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villers-au-Tertre (French pronunciation: [vilɛʁ o tɛʁtʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3] It is around 10 km south-east of Douai.

Surrounding communes

Neighbouring 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^[4]