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

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^[3] and INSEE^[4]

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

References

^ "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

History of the commune of Rollot (in French)

[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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