Acheux-en-Vimeu

French commune|name=Acheux-en-Vimeu


x = 127
y = 37
région=Picardie
département=Somme
arrondissement=Abbeville
canton=Moyenneville
insee=80004
cp=80210
maire=Déric Hollier
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Vimeu Vert
longitude=1.67806
latitude=50.0661
alt moy=92 m
alt mini=38
alt maxi=111 m
hectares=1233
km²=12.33
sans=503
date-sans=1999
dens=40|

Acheux-en-Vimeu is a commune in the Somme department in Picardy in northern France.

Geography

The commune is a farming village 10 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.

History

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

Demography

ee also

Communes of the Somme department

External links

* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=73974 Acheux-en-Vimeu Vimeu on the website of l'Institut géographique national]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80004&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Acheux-en-Vimeu Vimeu on the website of l'Insee]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Acheux-en-Vimeu Acheux-en-Vimeu on the website of Quid]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=800004 Position of Acheux-en-Vimeu on a French map]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=50.0661111111111&longitude=1.67805555555556&zoom=8 Map of Acheux-en-Vimeu on Mapquest]

* "This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia."