• Source: Belloy-en-Santerre

Belloy-en-Santerre (French pronunciation: [bɛlwa ɑ̃ sɑ̃tɛʁ], literally Belloy in Santerre) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.




Geography


The commune is situated on the D79 road, about 1 mile (2 km) from the junction of the A1 autoroute and the N29, some 30 miles (48 km) east of Amiens.




History


An aerial photograph taken in 1967 shows the outline of a large, rectangular, south-facing Gallo-Roman villa on the site of present-day Belloy.




Population






Personalities


Alan Seeger, American poet, who had joined the French Foreign Legion, died here during the Battle of the Somme in 1916.




See also


Communes of the Somme department




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Komune di departemen Somme
• Le Hamel, Somme
• Lignières-en-Vimeu
• Fresnoy-en-Chaussée
• Bernay-en-Ponthieu
• Péronne, Somme
• Méricourt-l'Abbé
• Yzeux
• Y, Somme
• Port-le-Grand
• Belloy-en-Santerre
• Belloy
• Alan Seeger
• Mézières-en-Santerre
• Foucaucourt-en-Santerre
• Rouvroy-en-Santerre
• French Foreign Legion
• Crécy-en-Ponthieu
• Estrées-Deniécourt
• Laboissière-en-Santerre