Bazentin
Appearance
Bazentin | |
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Coordinates: 50°01′52″N 2°45′50″E / 50.031°N 2.7639°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Somme |
Arrondissement | Péronne |
Canton | Albert |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot |
Government | |
• Mayor (2001–2008) | Jean-Luc Fourdinier |
Area 1 | 5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | 80 |
• Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 80059 /80300 |
Elevation | 94–159 m (308–522 ft) (avg. 90 m or 300 ft) |
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 Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Situated between Amiens to the southwest and Arras to the north, on the D73 road.
Population
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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Population | 98 | 114 | 82 | 74 | 70 | 77 | 68 |
From the year 1962 on: No 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
People
- Birthplace of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, 1 August 1744
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bazentin.
(All French language)
- 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