Bazentin

Bazentin
Bazentin
Location within Picardy region  Bazentin
Coordinates: 50°01′52″N 2°45′50″E / 50.031°N 2.7639°E / 50.031; 2.7639Coordinates: 50°01′52″N 2°45′50″E / 50.031°N 2.7639°E / 50.031; 2.7639
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)
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

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

• Communes of the Somme department
• Battle of Bazentin Ridge

References

• INSEE

External links

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