Saint-Acheul (; ) is a commune in the

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department in

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in northern

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. It is not to be confused with Saint-Acheul, a suburb of

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...

after which the

Acheulean Acheulean (; also Acheulian and Mode II), from the French after the type site of Saint-Acheul, is an archaeological industry of stone tool manufacture characterized by the distinctive oval and pear-shaped "hand axes" associated with ''Homo ...

archaeological culture An archaeological culture is a recurring assemblage of types of artifacts, buildings and monuments from a specific period and region that may constitute the material culture remains of a particular past human society. The connection between thes ...

of the

Lower Paleolithic The Lower Paleolithic (or Lower Palaeolithic) is the earliest subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age. It spans the time from around 3.3 million years ago when the first evidence for stone tool production and use by hominins appears ...

is named.

Geography

The commune is situated some north of

, on the junction of the D933 and D99e roads, only a few hundred yards from the border with the

Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments of France, with 890, and is the ...

Population

History

In the first century AD the Romans settled the area and a monastery was built in St Acheul during the Middle Ages. The name honors

Saint Acheolus Saints Acheolus (or Acheul) and Acius were early Christian martyrs in Gaul. They are associated with Amiens, where Acheolus's name was given to an ancient church, later an abbey. Butler's account The martyrologist Alban Butler Alban Butler (1 ...

, who was martyred in Amiens around 290 AD. Saint Ulphia was a hermit here during the 8th century.

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