Tilloloy

Not to be confused with Fresnes-Tilloloy

Tilloloy
Tilloloy
Location within Picardy region Tilloloy
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Montdidier
Canton	Roye
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Gérard Comyn
Area1	6.37 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	396
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80759 / 80700
Elevation	87–109 m (285–358 ft) (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Tilloloy is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

Tilloloy is situated in the east of the department 29 miles (47 km) southeast of Amiens, on the N17 road. The border with the Oise department is less than 1 mile (2 km) away.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
340	386	414	378	372	388	396
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Personalities

• Blaise Cendrars recounts in "La Main coupée" that the Foreign Legion squad he commanded in 1916 rested up in Tilloloy.

Places of interest

• The village church, which was subject of a painting by artist Maurice Denis.
• The seventeenth-century château of Tilloloy; extensively damaged in the First World War, subsequently restored.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Tilloloy on the Quid website (French)