Warloy-Baillon

Warloy-Baillon
Location of Warloy-Baillon
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Corbie
Intercommunality	Val de Somme
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Frédéric Martin
Area 1	15.27 km2 (5.90 sq mi)
Population  (2006)	758
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80820 /80300
Elevation	57–142 m (187–466 ft) (avg. 68 m or 223 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

The commune is situated 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Amiens, on the D919 road

Population

Historical population of Warloy-Baillon

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	729	733	710	698	718	708	758
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of Saint-Pierre: The stone building was constructed on natural sandstone foundations.
• The war memorial.
• The military cemetery
• Memorial plaque to two Allied pilots that died over Warloy-Baillon during the Second World War: in 1940, Lucas in a Hurricane Mk1; and in 1944, Pinkney in an Auster.
• The tower of an old windmill, in need of restoration.

Marble memorial to two Allied pilots.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Warloy-Baillon on the Quid website Template:Fr icon