Auchonvillers

Auchonvillers
Auchonvillers
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Auchonvillers
Coordinates: 50°04′53″N 2°37′51″E / 50.0814°N 2.6308°E / 50.0814; 2.6308Coordinates: 50°04′53″N 2°37′51″E / 50.0814°N 2.6308°E / 50.0814; 2.6308
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Albert
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Guy Reveillon
Area1	5.72 km2 (2.21 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	137
• Density	24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Auchonvillers 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").

The area was involved in the Battle of the Somme. There is a big war cemetery there. English-speaking troops commonly rendered the place's name as "Ocean Villas".