Bazentin

Bazentin is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Bazentin
Commune
Lamarck's memorial
Coat of arms
Location of Bazentin
Bazentin Bazentin
Coordinates: 50°01′52″N 2°45′50″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Albert
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Luc Fourdinier
Area ^1	5.1 km^2 (2.0 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	79
• Density	15/km^2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Situated between Amiens to the southwest and Arras to the north, on the D73 road.

Population

Historical population of Bazentin

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	98	114	82	74	70	77	68
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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

• 
  Plaque denoting Lamarck's birthplace
• 
  Cemetery entrance
• 
  Information board in the village
• 
  The church

People

• Birthplace of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, 1 August 1744

See also

• Communes of the Somme department
• Battle of Bazentin Ridge

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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