Amiens
Amiens (French pronunciation: [amjɛ̃]) is a ceety an commune in northren Fraunce, 120 km (75 mi) north o Paris an 100 km (62 mi) sooth-wast o Lille. It is the caipital o the Somme depairtment in Picardy. The ceety haed a population o 136,105 accordin tae the 2006 census.
Amiens | |
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Amiens | |
Coordinates: 49°53′31″N 2°17′56″E / 49.892°N 2.299°E 2°17′56″E / 49.892°N 2.299°E | |
Kintra | Fraunce |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Depairtment | Somme |
Arrondissement | Amiens |
Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor (2008–2014) | Gilles Demailly |
Area 1 | 49.46 km2 (19.10 sq mi) |
Population (2016-01-01)2 | 136,998 |
• Density | 2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 80021 /80000 |
Elevation | 14–106 m (46–348 ft) (avg. 33 m or 108 ft) |
1 French Laund Register data, that excludes lochs, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) an river estuaries.2 Population withoot dooble coontin: residents o multiple communes (e.g., students an militar personnel) anerly coontit ance. |
Etymology
Oreeginally cried Samarobriva ("Somme brige") bi the Gauls, the toun wis later gien the name Ambianum bi the Romans as it wis a dounset o the Gallic Ambiani fowk. The Ambiani derive thair name frae the Gaulish wird ambe meanin 'river' – a reference tae the Somme that flows throu Amiens.[1]
Internaitional relations
Twin touns – Sister ceeties
Amiens is twinned wi:
Dortmund, Germany[2]
Görlitz, Germany
Tulsa, USA
Darlington, Unitit Kinrick
Nafplio, Greece
See an aw
- Battle o Amiens (disambiguation page)
References
Freemit airtins
Template:Préfecturs o départements o Fraunce
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