Warloy-Baillon

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Frédéric Martin^[1]Area15.27 km² (5.90 sq mi)Population746 • Density49/km² (130/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation57–142 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]

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References