Acheux-en-Vimeu

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Coordinates: 50°03′58″N 1°40′41″E / 50.0661, 1.67806

Commune of Acheux-en-Vimeu

Location
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Map highlighting the commune of
Administration
Country France
Region Picardie
Department Somme
Arrondissement Abbeville
Canton Moyenneville
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Vimeu Vert
Mayor Déric Hollier
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 38 m–111 m
(avg. 92 m)
Land area¹ 12,33 km²
Population²
(1999)
503
 - Density 40/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 80004/ 80210
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Acheux-en-Vimeu is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardy region of France.

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[edit] Geography

A farming village10 miles 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.

[edit] History

The earlier spelling of the name Acheux was either Aceu or Acheu. It comes from the Celtic Achad that meant "cultivated field".

Frireulle church
Frireulle church















[edit] Demography

Population evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
507 543 538 537 527 503
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

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Coordinates: 50°04′N 1°41′E / 50.067, 1.683