{{Infobox French commune |name = Bazentin |commune status = Commune |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 = 2020–2026 |intercommunality = CC 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 in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
==Geography== Situated between Amiens to the southwest and 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 * Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery * Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension
==People== * Birthplace of 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 *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]
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Category:Communes of Somme (department)
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