Rollot

Rollot () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Rollot is situated southeast of Amiens, on the D 935 road. It is the most southerly commune in the département, just a few hundred yards from the département of Oise.

History

Rollot is well known throughout France, thanks in part to the locally made cheese of the same name, since the 18th century.

Population

Places of interest

• Saint Nicolas' church
• Saint Germain's church
• Statue of Antoine Galland
• Feudal motte with a 12th-century cave (private property)
• War memorial

Personalities

• Antoine Galland, born in 1646 at Rollot. Famous orientalist and archaeologist, best remembered as the first European translator of The Thousand and One Nights.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

External links

• History of the commune of Rollot