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Commune of Saint-Acheul |
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| Country | France | |
| Region |  Picardie |
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| Department |  Somme |
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| Arrondissement | Amiens | |
| Canton | Canton de Bernaville | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Bernavillois | |
| Mayor | M. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Picardie ( English: Picardy is one of the 26 regions of France. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division The Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The arrondissement of Amiens is an arrondissement of France located in the Somme département, in the Picardie région The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The Canton of Bernaville is a canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Picardie region of northern France The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. The communauté de communes du Bernavillois is a Communauté de communes in the Somme département and in the Picardie A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Marc Bettefort (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 37 m–110 m (avg. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. 55 m) |
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| Land area¹ | 3,04 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
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| - Density | 7/km² | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 80697/ 80370 | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | ||
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E | ||
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Saint-Acheul is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France. The following is a list of the 782 communes of the Somme département, in France. The Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Picardie ( English: Picardy is one of the 26 regions of France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
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Geography
Situated some 23 miles north of Amiens, on the junction of the D933 and D99e roads, only a few hundred yards from the border with the Pas-de-Calais
Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| 33 | 50 | 45 | 43 | 34 | 22 |
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History
Although a small commune, Saint-Acheul is well known to archaeologists, as it gives its name to the Acheulean industry of stone tool users in Europe, Africa and Asia. Amiens (amjɛ̃ is a city and commune in northern France, 120 km north of Paris. Pas-de-Calais is a department in northern France. Its name is the French language equivalent of the Strait of Dover, which it borders Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Population without double counting is an English translation of the phrase. Acheulean (also spelled Acheulian,) is the name given to an Archaeological industry of Stone tool manufacture associated with prehistoric Hominins The earliest human activity in the area, from the Lower Palaeolithic, was some of the first early prehistoric evidence ever identified. The Lower Paleolithic (or Lower Palaeolithic) is the earliest subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age. Stone Age Paleolithic See also Paleolithic, Recent African Origin, Early Homo sapiens, Early human migrations "Paleolithic" In the middle of the 19th century, flint tools had been found by Dr. Flint (or flintstone) is a hard sedimentary Cryptocrystalline form of the Mineral Quartz, categorized as a variety of Chert Jean-Paul Rigollot [1] Noted French archaeologists Jean Albert Gaudry and Gabriel de Mortillet also investigated the site, the latter coining the term Acheulean for the tools that were discovered. Dr Jean-Paul Rigollot (1810-1873 was a nineteenth century French doctor and Antiquarian famous for his role in the identification of evidence of some of Europe Jean Albert Gaudry ( September 16, 1827 - November 27, 1908) French Geologist and Palaeontologist, was born Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet ( August 29, 1821 &ndash September 25, 1898) French Anthropologist, was born at Meylau A schoolteacher, one Victor Cormont, discovered a new deposit in a quarry near Saint-Acheul[2].
In the first century AD the Romans settled the area and a monastery was built in St Acheul during the Middle Ages. Saint Ulphia was a hermit here during the 8th century. Ulphia (Ulphe Olfe Wulfe Wolfia Wulfia of Amiens (d 8th century is a Saint of the Catholic Church, venerated particularly at Amiens
See also
Communes of the Somme department
External links
- Saint-Acheul on the Insee website (French)
Notes
- This article is based on the original and the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 22nd 2008. Saint-Acheul is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France. The French Wikipedia (Wikipédia francophone Wikipédia en français is the French language edition of Wikipedia, spelled Wikipédia.
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