Villers-Bretonneux

Villers-Bretonneux is a commune. It is in Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in north France.

Villers-Bretonneux
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Amiens-4
Intercommunality	Val de Somme
Mayor	Didier Dinouard (2020–2026)
Statistics
Elevation	45–107 m (148–351 ft) (avg. 91 m/299 ft)
Land area1	14.51 km2 (5.60 sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80799/ 80800
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Villers-Bretonneux Media

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  Villers-Bretonneux view from the Australian memorial park

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  Cross planted in France by soldiers to honour the fallen. Now part of the war memorial in Adelaide, Australia.

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  Unidentified soldier observing the ruins of the church at Villers-Bretonneux, France, 1918

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  Item is a photograph from an album of World War One-related photographs in the William Okell Holden Dodds fonds. Brigadier General Dodds joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force in 1914 and was commanding officer of the 5th Canadian Division Artillery and served in France from 1917-1918.

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  German Tank outside the town 1918

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  Rue de la Gare, Villers Bretonneux 1918.

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  Australian War Memorial Cemetery in Villers-Bretonneux July 2008 – the graves of over 770 Australians, as well as those of other Commonwealth soldiers, lie here.

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  April 2012 AWM Cemetery following removal of trees.

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  A German tank captured during the First World War

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  Ruins of the church after the second battle of Villers-Bretonneux in 1918