Bazentin

Bazentin () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France 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

• Memorial to the naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
• Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery
• Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension

People

• Birthplace of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, 1 August 1744

Gallery

See also

• Communes of the Somme department
• Battle of Bazentin Ridge

References

External links

(All French language)

• 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