Acheux-en-Vimeu
Acheux-en-Vimeu | |
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.JPG) The town hall and school of Acheux-en-Vimeu | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Acheux-en-Vimeu  | |
  Acheux-en-Vimeu  Acheux-en-Vimeu | |
| Coordinates: 50°03′58″N 1°40′41″E / 50.0661°N 1.6781°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Abbeville |
| Canton | Abbeville-2 |
| Intercommunality | Le Vimeu |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Bruno Bouvet |
| Area 1 | 12.33 km2 (4.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2014) | 526 |
| • Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80004 /80210 |
| Elevation | 38–111 m (125–364 ft) (avg. 92 m or 302 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Acheux-en-Vimeu is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is a farming village 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of Abbeville, on the D80 departmental road. The commune comprises several small hamlets, one of which is Frireulle, where the church has a modest wall belltower.
History
The earlier spelling of the name Acheux was either Aceu or Acheu. It comes from the Celtic Achad that meant "cultivated field".
Demography
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 507 | 543 | 538 | 537 | 527 | 503 | 501 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | |||||||
See also
Communes of the Somme department
References
External links
Media related to Acheux-en-Vimeu at Wikimedia Commons
- Acheux-en-Vimeu on the website of Quid
- Position of Acheux-en-Vimeu on a French map[permanent dead link]
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