Bazentin

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Coordinates: 50°01′52″N 2°45′50″E / 50.031, 2.7639

Commune of Bazentin
Location
Image:Paris_plan_pointer_b_jms.gif
Map highlighting the commune of
Administration
Country France
Region Picardie
Department Somme
Arrondissement Péronne
Canton Albert
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot
Mayor Jean-Luc Fourdinier
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 94 m–159 m
(avg. 90 m)
Land area¹ 5.1 km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 80059/ 80300
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
France

Bazentin is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

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[edit] Geography

Situated between Amiens to the southwest and Arras to the north, on the D73 road.

[edit] Population

Population Growth
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
98 114 82 74 70 77
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] History

  • 1914-1918: The village, in the middle of the war zone, was completely destroyed.

[edit] Places and monuments

Plaque denoting Lamarck’s birthplace

Cemetery entrance

Information board in the village

The church

Lamarck's memorial

[edit] Personalities linked to the commune

[edit] See also

[edit] Reference

[edit] External links

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