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Tilloloy

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Somme

Population (2006)
  
396

Area
  
6.37 km²

Arrondissement
  
Montdidier

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Roye

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Saturday 2:51 AM

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Weather
  
11°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 83% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of 80700 Tilloloy, 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.

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.

    • References

    Tilloloy Wikipedia
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