page_title: Villers-Bretonneux
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Villers-Bretonneux / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Villers-Bretonneux (Somme, France) - Vue depuis le parking du cimetière militaire et du Mémorial National Australien (depuis la route départementale D 23, en provenance de Corbie et Fouilloy). . . Camera location49°&#160;53′&#160;07.04″&#160;N, 2°&#160;30′&#160;28.39″&#160;E&#160;View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth
context_page_description: Villers-Bretonneux is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
context_section_description: Villers-Bretonneux is situated some 19 km due east of Amiens, on the D1029 road and the A29 motorway.
  Villers-Bretonneux borders a particularly orange landscape towards the east, which can be considered as the western boundary of the Santerre plateau and the limit East of the Amiénois.
  The territory of the commune is crossed by the old national road 29 (current RD 1029), perfectly rectilinear road following the route of the ancient Roman road linking Amiens to Saint-Quentin in the Aisne. The agglomeration is located at the crossroads of the D 23 linking Corbie to Moreuil.
  Villers-Bretonneux is located on the railway line from Amiens to Laon via Tergnier.
caption: Villers-Bretonneux view from the Australian memorial park
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