Rollot

Rollot
Rollot
Location within Picardy region Rollot
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Montdidier
Canton	Montdidier
Intercommunality	Canton of Montdidier
Government
• Mayor (1995–2008)	Pierre Levier
Area1	12.00 km2 (4.63 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	689
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
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 Picardie in northern France.

Geography

Rollot is situated 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Amiens, on the D935 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

Population history

1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
626	651	607	648	590	584	607	561	540	575	631	689
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

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

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