Tilloloy is a
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Somme department in
Hauts-de-France in northern
France
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.
Geography
Tilloloy is situated in the east of the department southeast of
Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...
, on the
N17 road. The border with the
Oise
Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,41 ...
department is less than away.
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Population
Personalities
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Blaise Cendrars
Frédéric-Louis Sauser (1 September 1887 – 21 January 1961), better known as Blaise Cendrars, was a Swiss-born novelist and poet who became a naturalized French citizen in 1916. He was a writer of considerable influence in the European mo ...
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
Maurice Denis (; 25 November 1870 – 13 November 1943) was a French painter, decorative artist, and writer. An important figure in the transitional period between impressionism and modern art, he is associated with ''Les Nabis'', symbolism, a ...
.
* The seventeenth-century château of Tilloloy; extensively damaged in the First World War, subsequently restored.
File:Biberl 3 - Environs de Montdidier - Chateau de Tilloloy bombardé par les Allemands.JPG , ''Château de Tilloloy with war-damage; front, photographic postcard circa 1915.''
File:TiLLOLOY.1917.Comité des Étudiants Américains de l'École des Beaux-Arts Paris.WWI post card art.numbered 36747.signed SOLD.Wittig collection.item 57.obverse.scan.01 (cropped).jpg , ''A view from inside the ruined château in 1917, facing the rear "quadrangle"; painting on a war-charity art postcard.''
File:Château de Tilloloy by CH.JPG , ''The rebuilt château, main facade; circa 2007.''
See also
*
Communes of the Somme department
References
Communes of Somme (department)
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