Coordinates: 49°35′23″N 2°39′16″E / 49.5897222222, 2.65444444444

Commune of Rollot
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Montdidier
Canton	Canton de Montdidier
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du canton de Montdidier
Mayor	M. Pierre Levier (1995-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	82 m–126 m (avg. 100 m)
Land area¹	12,00 km²
Population² (2004)	666
- Density	55,5/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80678/ 80500
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

• 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

External links

• History of the commune of Rollot (French)

Rollot on the Insee website (French)

• Rollot on the Quid website (French)

Notes

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

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