Rollot

Rollot
Commune
Monument to Antoine Galland
Coat of arms
Rollot Location within Hauts-de-France region Rollot
Coordinates: 49°35′23″N 2°39′16″E / 49.5897°N 2.6544°E / 49.5897; 2.6544Coordinates: 49°35′23″N 2°39′16″E / 49.5897°N 2.6544°E / 49.5897; 2.6544
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Montdidier
Canton	Roye
Intercommunality	CC Grand Roye
Government
• Mayor (1995–2008)	Pierre Levier
Area1	12.00 km2 (4.63 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	689
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Rollot is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

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

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

Personalities

Antoine Galland

• 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

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rollot (Somme).

• History of the commune of Rollot (in French)
• Rollot on the Quid website (in French)