Tilloloy

Tilloloy
Tilloloy
Commune
	L'église Notre-Dame de Lorette
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 49°38′38″N 2°44′55″E / 49.6439°N 2.7486°ECoordinates: 49°38′38″N 2°44′55″E / 49.6439°N 2.7486°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Montdidier
Canton	Roye
Intercommunality	CC Grand Roye
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gérard Comyn
Area 1	6.37 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	350
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Tilloloy is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France 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[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	386	—
1975	414	+1.01%
1982	378	−1.29%
1990	372	−0.20%
1999	388	+0.47%
2007	385	−0.10%
2012	347	−2.06%
2017	353	+0.34%
Source: INSEE^[3]

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 (shown in the lede image), 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.

Château de Tilloloy with war-damage; front, photographic postcard circa 1915.
A view from inside the ruined château in 1917, facing the rear "quadrangle"; painting on a war-charity art postcard.
The rebuilt château, main facade; circa 2007.