Rollot

Rollot (French pronunciation: [ʁɔlo]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Rollot
Commune
Monument to Antoine Galland
Coat of arms
Location of Rollot
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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[1]
Area 1	12.00 km2 (4.63 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	768
• Density	64.0/km2 (166/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.

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

• 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