Rollot (Somme)
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Montdidier | |
| Canton | Roye | |
| Community association | Grand Roye | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 35 ′ N , 2 ° 39 ′ E | |
| height | 82-126 m | |
| surface | 12.00 km 2 | |
| Residents | 751 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 63 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80500 | |
| INSEE code | 80678 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-rollot.fr/ | |
 Former station of the railway line operated from 1889 to 1948 in meter gauge |
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Rollot ( Picard : Reulou) is a northern French municipality with 751 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality is located in the arrondissement of Montdidier and belongs to the canton of Roye .
geography
The most southerly municipality in the Somme department on the border with the Oise department is elongated around 10 km southeast of Montdidier on the D935 departmental road (former Route nationale 35) to Compiègne and the D37 departmental road (in the neighboring D27), which is part of the system the Chaussée Brunehaut forms. The hamlets of La Villette, Beauvoir, La Madeleine and, to the north, isolated Regibaye belong to Rollot.
history
The remains of a Gallo-Roman villa were found in Rollot, which became famous for the AOC cheese of the same name . The community received the Croix de guerre 1914-1918 as an award .
Residents
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2010 |
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| 584 | 607 | 561 | 540 | 575 | 631 | 675 | 768 |
administration
Mayor ( maire ) has been Michel Choisy since 2008.
Attractions
- Parish Church of Saint-Nicolas
- Saint Germain church in La Villette
- Statue of the orientalist Antoine Galland, born here in 1646
- Castle hill ( moth )
- Two war memorials, one created by Albert Roze and the other in La Villette
Personalities
- Antoine Galland (1646–1715), orientalist and translator
