Belloy-en-Santerre


Belloy-en-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 from the junction of the A1 autoroute and the N29, some east of Amiens.

History

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

Population

Personalities

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