Belloy-en-Santerre

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Belloy-en-Santerre
Belloy-en-Santerre
Location within Picardy region Belloy-en-Santerre
Coordinates: 49°53′20″N 2°51′22″E / 49.889°N 2.8561°E / 49.889; 2.8561Coordinates: 49°53′20″N 2°51′22″E / 49.889°N 2.8561°E / 49.889; 2.8561
Country	France
Region	Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Chaulnes
Intercommunality	Haute Picardie
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Bernard Lictevout
Area
• Land¹	5.49 km² (2.12 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Population²	166
• Population² Density	30/km² (78/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80080 / 80200
Elevation	57–86 m (187–282 ft) (avg. 76 m or 249 ft)
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.

Belloy-en-Santerre is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated on the D79 road, about 1 mile (2 km) from the junction of the A1 autoroute and the N29, some 30 miles (48 km) east of Amiens.

An aerial photograph taken in 1967 shows the outline of a large, rectangular, south-facing Gallo-Roman villa on the site of present-day Belloy.

Historical population of Belloy-en-Santerre
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	136	159	172	169	162	167	183
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Alan Seeger, American poet, who had joined the French Foreign Legion, died here during the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

Communes of the Somme department

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