Rollot

French commune|name= Rollot


x = 144
y = 45
region=
departement=
arrondissement= Montdidier
canton=Canton de Montdidier
insee=80678
cp=80500
maire=M. Pierre Levier
mandat=1995-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du canton de Montdidier
alt moy=100 m
alt mini=82 m
alt maxi=126 m
hectares=1 200
km²=12,00
sans=666
date-sans=2004
dens=55,5|

Rollot is a commune in the Somme "département" in the Picardie region of France.

Geography

Situated 25 miles southeast of Amiens, on the D935 road. It is the most southerly commune in the departement, just a few hundred yards from the departement of Oise.

History

Rollot is well-known throughout France, thanks in part to the locally-made cheese of the same name, since the 18th century.

Population

Places of interest

* Saint Nicolas’ church
* Saint Germain’s church
* Statue of Antoine Galland
* Feudal motte with a 12th century cave (private property)
* War memorial

People linked with the commune

* Antoine Galland, born in 1646 at Rollot. Famous orientalist and archaeologist, best remembered as the first European translator of "The Thousand and One Nights".

ee also

Communes of the Somme department

External links

* [http://rollot.baillet.org/ History of the commune of Rollot] fr [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80678&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Rollot on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Rollot Rollot on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 18th 2008."