Bazentin | |
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Location of Bazentin | |
Bazentin Bazentin | |
Coordinates: 50°01′52″N 2°45′50″E / 50.031°N 2.7639°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Somme |
Arrondissement | Péronne |
Canton | Albert |
Intercommunality | CC du Pays du Coquelicot |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Luc Fourdinier[1] |
Area 1 | 5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi) |
Population | 80 |
• Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 80059 /80300 |
Elevation | 94–159 m (308–522 ft) (avg. 90 m or 300 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Bazentin (French pronunciation: [bazɑ̃tɛ̃]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Situated between Amiens to the southwest and Arras to the north, on the D73 road.
Population
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 114 | — |
1975 | 82 | −4.60% |
1982 | 74 | −1.46% |
1990 | 70 | −0.69% |
1999 | 77 | +1.06% |
2007 | 71 | −1.01% |
2012 | 77 | +1.64% |
2017 | 79 | +0.51% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
History
- 1914–1918: The village, in the middle of the war zone, was completely destroyed.
Places and monuments
- Memorial to the naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
- Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery
- Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension
People
- Birthplace of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, 1 August 1744
Gallery
- Plaque denoting Lamarck's birthplace
- Cemetery entrance
- Information board in the village
- The church
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bazentin.
(All French language)
- Official municipal website Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Clochers.org Photos of the church (Taken in 2005 by Claude DEROLETZ)
- Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery
- South Africans buried in Bazenin Military Cemetery
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