title: Belloy-en-Santerre
text: # Belloy-en-Santerre
  
  Belloy-en-Santerre (French pronunciation: ​, literally Belloy in 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 1 mile (2 km) from the junction of the A1 autoroute and the N29, some 30 miles (48 km) east of Amiens.
  
  ## History
  
  An aerial photograph taken in 1967 shows the outline of a large, rectangular, south-facing Gallo-Roman villa on the site of present-day Belloy.
  
  ## Personalities
  
  Alan Seeger, American poet, who had joined the French Foreign Legion, died here during the Battle of the Somme in 1916.
  
  