Occoches

Occoches
Commune
The church in Occoches
Coat of arms
Occoches Location within Hauts-de-France region Occoches
Coordinates: 50°10′30″N 2°16′18″E / 50.175°N 2.2717°E / 50.175; 2.2717Coordinates: 50°10′30″N 2°16′18″E / 50.175°N 2.2717°E / 50.175; 2.2717
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Doullens
Intercommunality	CC Territoire Nord Picardie
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Joël Patte
Area1	7.09 km2 (2.74 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	129
• Density	18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80602 /80600
Elevation	45–136 m (148–446 ft) (avg. 70 m or 230 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Occoches is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Occoches is situated on the D938 road, some 20 miles (32 km) east-northeast of Abbeville, by the banks of the river Authie, on the border with the Pas-de-Calais département.

Population

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Occoches.

• Occoches on the Quid website (in French)
• Occoches on the website of the Communauté de Communes du Doullennais (in French)
• Website of the Syndicat Mixte des Vals d'Authie, Nièvre et Somme (in French)