Tilloloy

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Gérard Comyn^[1]Area6.37 km² (2.46 sq mi)Population337 • Density53/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation87–109 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.

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

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References