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 Location within Hauts-de-France region Amiens
Coordinates: 49°53′31″N 2°17′56″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

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Fraunce

Amiens is twinned wi:

• Dortmund, Germany^[2]
• Görlitz, Germany
• Tulsa, USA
• Darlington, Unitit Kinrick
• Nafplio, Greece

See an aw

• Battle o Amiens (disambiguation page)