Bazentin
| Bazentin | |
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  Bazentin | |
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Location within Picardy region  Bazentin | |
| Coordinates: 50°01′52″N 2°45′50″E / 50.031°N 2.7639°ECoordinates: 50°01′52″N 2°45′50″E / 50.031°N 2.7639°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Péronne |
| Canton | Albert |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Jean-Luc Fourdinier |
| Area1 | 5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2010)2 | 76 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80059 / 80300 |
| Elevation |
94–159 m (308–522 ft) (avg. 90 m or 300 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Bazentin is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.
Geography
Situated between Amiens to the southwest and Arras to the north, on the D73 road.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 98 | 114 | 82 | 74 | 70 | 77 | 68 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | |||||||
History
- 1914–1918: The village, in the middle of the war zone, was completely destroyed.
Places and monuments
- The church
- Memorial to the naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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Plaque denoting Lamarck’s birthplace
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Cemetery entrance
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Information board in the village
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The church
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Lamarck's memorial
People
- Birthplace of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, 1 August 1744
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bazentin. |
(All French language)
- Bazentin on the Quid website
- Localisation de Bazentin sur une carte de France et communes limitrophes
- Map of Bazentin on Mapquest
- Official municipal website
- 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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