Rollot Explained

Rollot
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Rollot.svg
Arrondissement:	Montdidier
Canton:	Roye
Insee:	80678
Postal Code:	80500
Mayor:	Michel Choisy^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CC Grand Roye
Coordinates:	49.5897°N 2.6544°W
Elevation M:	100
Elevation Min M:	82
Elevation Max M:	126
Area Km2:	12.00

Rollot (in French pronounced as /ʁɔlo/) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Rollot is situated 25miles 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.

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.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

External links

• History of the commune of Rollot

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.