Rollot

Rollot
Rollot
Commune
	Monument to Antoine Galland
	Coat of arms
	Location of Rollot
	Rollot Rollot
	Coordinates: 49°35′23″N 2°39′16″E / 49.5897°N 2.6544°E
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)
Population (2021)	770
• Density	64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Rollot (French pronunciation: [ʁɔlo]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography[edit]

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[edit]

Rollot is well known throughout France, thanks in part to the locally-made cheese of the same name, since the 18th century.

Population[edit]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1926	626	—
1931	515	−3.83%
1936	607	+3.34%
1946	648	+0.66%
1954	590	−1.17%
1962	584	−0.13%
1968	607	+0.65%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1975	561	−1.12%
1982	540	−0.54%
1990	575	+0.79%
1999	631	+1.04%
2007	701	+1.32%
2012	772	+1.95%
2017	751	−0.55%

Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE^[4]

Places of interest[edit]

Saint Nicolas' church
Saint Germain's church
Statue of Antoine Galland
Feudal motte with a 12th-century cave (private property)
War memorial

Personalities[edit]

Antoine Galland, born in 1646 at Rollot. Famous orientalist and archaeologist, best remembered as the first European translator of The Thousand and One Nights.

References[edit]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Rollot, EHESS (in French).
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links[edit]

History of the commune of Rollot (in French)

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Rollot, EHESS (in French).

[4] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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