Rollot

Rollot is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.
Geography
Rollot is situated 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Amiens, on the D935 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

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