Assevillers | |
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 The war memorial in Assevillers | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Assevillers | |
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| Coordinates:49°53′49″N2°50′10″E / 49.8969°N 2.8361°E /49.8969; 2.8361 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Péronne |
| Canton | Ham |
| Intercommunality | CC Terre Picardie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Didier Jacob[1] |
Area 1 | 5.47 km2 (2.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 311 |
| • Density | 56.9/km2 (147/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80033 /80200 |
| Elevation | 57–84 m (187–276 ft) (avg. 87 m or 285 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Assevillers (French pronunciation:[asvile];Picard:Asvilé) is acommune in theSommedepartment inHauts-de-France in northernFrance.
Assevillers is close to themotorway A1 Lille - Paris, theTGV Haute-Picardie station and theAlbert – Picardie Airport. The nearest larger town isPéronne.
During World War One, Assevillers was twice occupied by the German Army. There were many trenches to the west and to the east of Assevillers. During the battle of the Somme in 1916, Assevillers was destroyed. Assevillers was liberated by the5th Division of theAustralian Army on 28 August 1918.
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On 29 August 1918,Cecil Healy, Australian Olympic swimming Gold medalist, died nearby while clearing German machinegun posts during theBattle of Mont Saint-Quentin. A statue in honour of Healy, Australia's only Olympic Gold medalist to have been killed in combat, was erected in Assevillers in 2018.[3] His grave is located in theAssevillers New British Cemetery.[4][5]
Assevillers rest area is one of the largest motorway areas in Europe. There are many shops and hotels at this rest area which is situated alongside motorway A1, at 122 km between Paris and Lille. The Assevillers rest area is close to 'Memory Circuit' (the historical sites of theSomme marked by the first world war).
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