Acheux-en-Amiénois | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason de la ville d'Acheux-en-Amiénois (80) Somme-France.svg |
Arrondissement: | Péronne |
Canton: | Albert |
Insee: | 80003 |
Postal Code: | 80560 |
Mayor: | Annie Lemaire[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pays du Coquelicot |
Coordinates: | 50.0742°N 2.5336°W |
Elevation M: | 154 |
Elevation Min M: | 118 |
Elevation Max M: | 152 |
Area Km2: | 7.07 |
Acheux-en-Amiénois (Picard: Acheux-in-Amiénoé) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
The commune is a farming village found at the junction of the departmental roads D938 and D114.
The earlier spelling of the name Acheux was either Aceu or Acheu (from the charter of the foundation of the nearby abbey of Corbie). It comes from the Celtic Achad that meant "cultivated field".The town of Acheux is ancient. It certainly existed in Roman times, where a fort was established, comprising ditches and palisades, to protect it from attacks by the Atrebates, a Gaulish tribe, after whom Arras is named.
Within the Commune is the Acheux British Military Cemetery containing war graves from the First World War.
Communes of the Somme department