Auchonvillers
Auchonvillers | |
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 War memorial in Auchonvillers | |
Location of Auchonvillers | |
  Auchonvillers Location within France  Auchonvillers Location within Hauts-de-France | |
| Coordinates: 50°04′53″N 2°37′51″E / 50.0814°N 2.6308°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Péronne |
| Canton | Albert |
| Intercommunality | CC Pays Coquelicot |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Cyril Carnel[1] |
Area 1 | 5.72 km2 (2.21 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 125 |
| • Density | 21.9/km2 (56.6/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80038 /80560 |
| Elevation | 117–157 m (384–515 ft) (avg. 158 m or 518 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Auchonvillers (French pronunciation: [oʃɔ̃vile]; Picard: Chonvilé) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Its name seems to come from an old German man's name Alko (hypocoristic for a name starting Alk-) or similar (who invaded with the Franks in the 5th century AD), and Latin villare ("[land] belonging to a villa, farm").[3]
First World War
The area was involved in the Battle of the Somme. There is a Commonwealth War Cemetery in the commune. English-speaking troops commonly rendered the place's name as 'Ocean Villas';[4] British gunners also knew it as 'Eight-inch Villas'.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Dictionnaire des noms de lieux de France, edited by A Dauzat & Ch. Rostaing, publ. by Larousse in 1963
- ↑ Saturday, 22 August, 2009 Michael Duffy and Eamon Duffy (2009-08-22). "The Western Front Today - Auchonvillers Cemetery". First World War.com. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Maj J.O.K. Delap (ed) With a Siege Battery in France. 303 Siege Battery R.G.A. 1916-1919, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1919/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2003, ISBN 978-1-84342-669-1, p. 76.
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