Auchonvillers

Auchonvillers
Auchonvillers
Commune
	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
Area 1	5.72 km2 (2.21 sq mi)
Population (2023)	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]

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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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.

[2] "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.

[3] Dictionnaire des noms de lieux de France, edited by A Dauzat & Ch. Rostaing, publ. by Larousse in 1963

[4] 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)

[5] 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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