Warloy-Baillon

Warloy-Baillon
Commune
The town hall in Warloy-Baillon
Location of Warloy-Baillon
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Coordinates: 50°00′38″N2°31′28″E / 50.0106°N 2.5244°E / 50.0106; 2.5244
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Corbie
Intercommunality	Val de Somme
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédéric Martin [1]
Area 1	15.27 km2 (5.90 sq mi)
Population  (2022) [2]	749
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

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

Geography

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	733	—
1975	710	−0.45%
1982	698	−0.24%
1990	718	+0.35%
1999	708	−0.16%
2007	740	+0.55%
2012	824	+2.17%
2017	758	−1.66%
Source: INSEE [3]

Places of interest

• The church of Saint-Pierre: The stone building was constructed on natural sandstone foundations.
• The war memorial.
• The military cemetery ^[4]
• 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. ^[5]

Marble memorial to two Allied pilots.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. (in English) Site avec photos et mention du nombre de combattants inhumés Archived 2008-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
5. Site de l'association Le Moulin de Rolmont