Tilloloy

Not to be confused with Fresnes-Tilloloy

Tilloloy
Commune
L'église Notre-Dame de Lorette
Coat of arms
Tilloloy Location within Hauts-de-France region Tilloloy
Coordinates: 49°38′38″N 2°44′55″E / 49.6439°N 2.7486°E / 49.6439; 2.7486Coordinates: 49°38′38″N 2°44′55″E / 49.6439°N 2.7486°E / 49.6439; 2.7486
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Montdidier
Canton	Roye
Intercommunality	CC Grand Roye
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Gérard Comyn
Area1	6.37 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	396
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80759 /80700
Elevation	87–109 m (285–358 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 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.

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

Geography

Tilloloy is situated in the east of the department 29 miles (47 km) southeast of Amiens, on the N17 road. The border with the Oise department is less than 1 mile (2 km) away.

Population

Personalities

• Blaise Cendrars recounts in "La Main coupée" that the Foreign Legion squad he commanded in 1916 rested up in Tilloloy.

Places of interest

• The village church (shown in the lede image), which was subject of a painting by artist Maurice Denis.
• The seventeenth-century château of Tilloloy; extensively damaged in the First World War, subsequently restored.

• 
  Château de Tilloloy with war-damage; front, photographic postcard circa 1915.
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  A view from inside the ruined château in 1917, facing the rear "quadrangle"; painting on a war-charity art postcard.
• 
  The rebuilt château, main facade; circa 2007.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tilloloy.

• Tilloloy on the Quid website (in French)