Rollot
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Rollot | |
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![]() Monument to Antoine Galland | |
Coordinates: 49°35′23″N 2°39′16″E / 49.5897°N 2.6544°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Somme |
Arrondissement | Montdidier |
Canton | Roye |
Intercommunality | CC Grand Roye |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Michel Choisy[1] |
Area 1 | 12.00 km2 (4.63 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 770 |
• Density | 64/km2 (170/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 80678 /80500 |
Elevation | 82–126 m (269–413 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. |
Rollot (French pronunciation: [ʁɔlo]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
[edit]Rollot is situated 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Amiens, on the D 935 road. It is the most southerly commune in the département, just a few hundred yards from the département of Oise.
History
[edit]Rollot is well known throughout France, thanks in part to the locally-made cheese of the same name, since the 18th century.
Population
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Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE[4] |
Places of interest
[edit]- Saint Nicolas' church
- Saint Germain's church
- Statue of Antoine Galland
- Feudal motte with a 12th-century cave (private property)
- War memorial
Personalities
[edit]- Antoine Galland, born in 1646 at Rollot. Famous orientalist and archaeologist, best remembered as the first European translator of The Thousand and One Nights.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Rollot, EHESS (in French).
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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- History of the commune of Rollot (in French)