Picardy
(Reguidit frae Picardie)
Picardy (French: Picardie, French pronunciation: [pikaʁdi]) is ane o the 27 regions o Fraunce. It is locatit in the northren pairt o Fraunce.
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Prefectur | Amiens |
Departments | 3
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Govrenment | |
• Preses | Claude Gewerc (PS) |
Area | |
• Total | 19399 km2 (7,490 sq mi) |
Population (2007-01-01) | |
• Total | 1,890,000 |
• Density | 97/km2 (250/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
NUTS Region | FR2 |
Website | cr-picardie.fr |
Admeenistration
The preses of the regional cooncil is Claude Gewerc, a Socialist in office syne 2004. That year he defeatit langtime UDF incumbent Gilles de Robien.
Syne 2008, the mayor o the ceety o Amiens, the regional caipital, haes been Socialist Gilles Demailly. He defeatit langtime mayor Gilles de Robien o the New Centre pairty.
Major communities
- Abbeville
- Amiens
- Beauvais
- Compiègne
- Creil
- Laon
- Saint-Quentin
- Soissons
Freemit airtins
- (in French) Offeecial regional cooncil wabsteid Archived 2011-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Inglis) Picardy, brief guide tae the region an attractions
- (in Inglis) Picturs o Picardy Archived 2007-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
- (in Inglis) photos frae Soothren Picardy
2°50′E / 49.500°N 2.833°E
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