# Bazentin

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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Bazentin
|commune status         = [Commune](/source/Communes_of_France)
|image                  = Bazentin_monument-LAMARCK_(de_face).jpg
|caption                = Lamarck's memorial
|image coat of arms     = Blason Sire de Bazentin.svg
|arrondissement         = Péronne
|canton                 = Albert
|INSEE                  = 80059
|postal code            = 80300
|mayor                  = Jean-Luc Fourdinier<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [CC du Pays du Coquelicot](/source/Communaut%C3%A9_de_communes_du_Pays_du_Coquelicot)
|coordinates            = {{coord|50.031|2.7639|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 90
|elevation min m        = 94
|elevation max m        = 159
|area km2               = 5.1
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
'''Bazentin''' ({{IPA|fr|bazɑ̃tɛ̃}}) is a [commune](/source/Communes_of_France) in the [Somme](/source/Somme_(department)) [department](/source/Departments_of_France) in [Hauts-de-France](/source/Hauts-de-France) in northern [France](/source/France).

==Geography==
Situated between [Amiens](/source/Amiens) to the southwest and [Arras](/source/Arras) to the north, on the D73 road.

==Population==
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-80059#tableau-POPREF_G1 Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |114
|1975 |82
|1982 |74
|1990 |70
|1999 |77
|2007 |71
|2012 |77
|2017 |79
|2023 |79
}}

==History==
* 1914–1918: The village, in the middle of the war zone, was completely destroyed.

==Places and monuments==
* Memorial to the naturalist [Jean-Baptiste Lamarck](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck)
* [Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery](/source/Bazentin-le-Petit_Military_Cemetery)
* [Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension](/source/Bazentin-le-Petit_Communal_Cemetery_Extension)

==People==
* Birthplace of [Jean-Baptiste Lamarck](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck), 1 August 1744

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Image:Bazentin_village-natal.jpg|Plaque denoting Lamarck's birthplace
Image:Bazentin_cimetiere_1918.jpg|Cemetery entrance
Image:Bazentin_panneau-1.jpg|Information board in the village
Image:Bazentin_eglise-devant.jpg|The church
</gallery>

==See also==
*[Communes of the Somme department](/source/Communes_of_the_Somme_department)
*[Battle of Bazentin Ridge](/source/Battle_of_Bazentin_Ridge)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Bazentin}}
(All French language)
* [http://www.paysducoquelicot.com/bazentin.htm Official municipal website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705025129/http://www.paysducoquelicot.com/bazentin.htm |date=2008-07-05 }}
* [http://clochers.org/Fichiers_HTML/Accueil/Accueil_clochers/80/accueil_80059.htm Clochers.org] Photos of the church (''Taken in 2005 by Claude DEROLETZ'')
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071130070617/http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.00o003003003004 Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery]
* [http://delvillewood.com/cemeteries/bazentin.htm South Africans buried in Bazenin Military Cemetery]

{{Somme communes}}

{{authority control}}

Category:Communes of Somme (department)

{{Péronne-geo-stub}}

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