Rollot

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

Geography
Rollot is situated 25 mi southeast of Amiens, on the D 935 road. It is the most southerly commune in the département, just a few hundred yards from the département of Oise.

History
Rollot is well known throughout France, thanks in part to the locally-made cheese of the same name, since the 18th century.

Places of interest

 * Saint Nicolas' church
 * Saint Germain's church
 * Statue of Antoine Galland
 * Feudal motte with a 12th-century cave (private property)
 * War memorial

Personalities

 * Antoine Galland, born in 1646 at Rollot. Famous orientalist and archaeologist, best remembered as the first European translator of The Thousand and One Nights.