Rollot

Rollot
Commune
Monument to Antoine Galland
Coat of arms
Rollot Rollot
Coordinates: 49°35′23″N 2°39′16″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)
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

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

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

Population

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 and INSEE

Places of interest

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

Personalities

Antoine Galland

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

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

External links

• History of the commune of Rollot (in French)