Tilloloy

Not to be confused with Fresnes-Tilloloy

Tilloloy
Location of Tilloloy
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Montdidier
Canton	Roye
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Gérard Comyn
Area 1	6.37 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Population  (2006)	396
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80759 /80700
Elevation	87–109 m (285–358 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tilloloy is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Tilloloy is situated in the east of the department 29 miles (47 km) southeast of Amiens, on the N17 road. The border with the Oise department is less than 1 mile (2 km) away.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
340	386	414	378	372	388	396
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Personalities

• Blaise Cendrars recounts in "La Main coupée" that the Foreign Legion squad he commanded in 1916 rested up in Tilloloy.

Places of interest

• The village church, which was subject of a painting by artist Maurice Denis.
• The seventeenth-century château of Tilloloy; extensively damaged in the First World War, subsequently restored.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Tilloloy on the Quid website Template:Fr