Bazentin () 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
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
See also Communes of the Somme department Battle of Bazentin Ridge
References
External links
(All French language) Official municipal website Clochers.org Photos of the church (Taken in 2005 by Claude DEROLETZ) Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery South Africans buried in Bazenin Military Cemetery