- Bazentin
French commune
name=Bazentin
x = 140
y = 40
région=Picardie
département=Somme
arrondissement=Péronne
canton=Albert
insee=80059
cp=80300
maire=Jean-Luc Fourdinier
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot
longitude=2.7639
latitude=50.031
alt moy=90 m
alt mini=94 m
alt maxi=159 m
hectares=510
km²=5.1
pop=77
date-pop=1999
dens=15
date-dens=1999Bazentin is a commune in the
Somme "département" in thePicardie region ofFrance .Geography
Situated between
Amiens to the southwest andArras to the north, on the D73 road.Population
History
* 1914-1918: The village, in the middle of the war zone, was completely destroyed.
Places and monuments
* The church
* Memorial to the naturalistJean-Baptiste Lamarck Personalities linked to the commune
* Birthplace of
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck , 1st August1744 ee also
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Communes of the Somme department Reference
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on January 18th, 2008."External links
(All French language)
* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=74078 Bazentin on the Institut géographique national website]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80059&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Bazentin on the Insee website]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Bazentin Bazentin on the Quid website]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=800059 Localisation de Bazentin sur une carte de France et communes limitrophes]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=50.0311111111111&longitude=2.76388888888889&zoom=8 Map of Bazentin on Mapquest]
* [http://www.paysducoquelicot.com/bazentin.htm Official municipal website]
* [http://clochers.org/Fichiers_HTML/Accueil/Accueil_clochers/80/accueil_80059.htm Clochers.org] Photos of the church ("Taken in 2005 by Claude DEROLETZ")
* [http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00o003003003004 Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery]
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