Bazentin

Bazentin ( Picard: Bazintin ) is a northern French village with 76 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) by the Somme in the Picardie region. The municipality is part of the Canton of Albert and is part of the Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot.

Geography

The ten kilometers north-east of Albert Located in Santerre community is located at the Department roads D20 and D73. The municipality, whose main part is the former Bazentin -le- Petit today, is one of the hamlet Bazentin -le -Grand.

History

The church was destroyed in the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. She received the Croix de guerre as a distinction from 1914 to 1918.

Population

Management

Mayor ( maire ) since 2001, Jean -Luc Fourdinier.

Attractions

  • The rebuilt church of the Nativity of Mary, originally from 1774, with a lectern from the 17th century.
  • The Lamarck Memorial.
  • Two British military cemeteries.

Personalities

Jean -Baptiste de Lamarck, botanist and zoologist, born in 1744 in Bazentin -le- Petit, died in 1829

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