Warloy-Baillon

Warloy-Baillon
Warloy-Baillon
Location within Picardy region Warloy-Baillon
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Corbie
Intercommunality	Val de Somme
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Frédéric Martin
Area1	15.27 km2 (5.90 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	758
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80820 / 80300
Elevation	57–142 m (187–466 ft) (avg. 68 m or 223 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.

Warloy-Baillon is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Amiens, on the D919 road

Population

Historical population of Warloy-Baillon

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	729	733	710	698	718	708	758
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of Saint-Pierre: The stone building was constructed on natural sandstone foundations.
• The war memorial.
• The military cemetery
• Memorial plaque to two Allied pilots that died over Warloy-Baillon during the Second World War: in 1940, Lucas in a Hurricane Mk1; and in 1944, Pinkney in an Auster.
• The tower of an old windmill, in need of restoration.

Marble memorial to two Allied pilots.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Warloy-Baillon on the Quid website (French)