Bazentin

Bazentin
Bazentin
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Albert
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot
Mayor	Jean-Luc Fourdinier (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	94–159 m (308–522 ft) (avg. 90 m or 300 ft)
Land area1	5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80059/ 80300
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bazentin is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

Situated between Amiens to the southwest and Arras to the north, on the D73 road.

Population

Historical population of Bazentin

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	98	114	82	74	70	77	68
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

History

• 1914-1918: The village, in the middle of the war zone, was completely destroyed.

Places and monuments

• The church
• Memorial to the naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

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  Plaque denoting Lamarck’s birthplace

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  Cemetery entrance

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  Information board in the village

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  The church

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  Lamarck's memorial

People

• Birthplace of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, 1 August 1744

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

(All French language)

• Bazentin on the Quid website
• Localisation de Bazentin sur une carte de France et communes limitrophes
• Map of Bazentin on Mapquest
• Official municipal website
• Clochers.org Photos of the church (Taken in 2005 by Claude DEROLETZ)
• Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery
• South Africans buried in Bazenin Military Cemetery