Rollot

Rollot
Commune
Monument to Antoine Galland
Coat of arms
Location of Rollot
Rollot Location within France Show map of France Rollot Location within Hauts-de-France Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 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 (2020–2026)	Michel Choisy
Area 1	12.00 km2 (4.63 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (330 ft)
Highest elevation	126 m (413 ft)
Lowest elevation	82 m (269 ft)
Population  (2023)	755
• Density	62.9/km2 (163/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Rollot (French pronunciation: [ʁɔlo]) 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, 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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rollot (Somme).

• History of the commune of Rollot (in French)