Warloy-Baillon

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Warloy-Baillon

Warloy-Baillon
Location within Picardy region Warloy-Baillon
Coordinates: 50°00′38″N 2°31′28″E / 50.0106°N 2.5244°E / 50.0106; 2.5244Coordinates: 50°00′38″N 2°31′28″E / 50.0106°N 2.5244°E / 50.0106; 2.5244
Country	France
Region	Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Corbie
Intercommunality	Val de Somme
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Frédéric Martin
Area
• Land¹	15.27 km² (5.90 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Population²	758
• Population² Density	50/km² (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80820 / 80300
Elevation	57–142 m (187–466 ft) (avg. 68 m or 223 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.

Warloy-Baillon is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Amiens, on the D919 road

Historical population of Warloy-Baillon
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	729	733	710	698	718	708	758
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

The church of Saint-Pierre: The stone building was constructed on natural sandstone foundations.
The war memorial.
The military cemetery^[1]
Memorial plaque to two Allied pilots that died over Warloy-Baillon during the Second World War: in 1940, Lucas in a Hurricane Mk1; and in 1944, Pinkney in an Auster.
The tower of an old windmill, in need of restoration.^[2]

Marble memorial to two Allied pilots.

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Communes of the Somme department

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