Picardy

R�gion Picardie
D�tails
Information
Capital:	Amiens
Population - Total - Density	1 857 481 (1999) 96 /km²
Area	19 399 km²
Arrondissements	13
Cantons	129
Communes	2 292
President of the regional council	Claude Gewerc
D�partements
Aisne (02) Oise (60) Somme (80)
Location

Picardy is one of the 26 administrative regions of France. It is located in the northern part of France. It became a province in 1477. The capital is Amiens. The main crops of Picardy are wheat, sugar beets, and fodder.

External link

Site of the Conseil Régional: http://www.cr-picardie.fr/

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Regions of France
Alsace \| Aquitaine \| Auvergne \| Lower Normandy \| Burgundy \| Brittany \| Centre \| Champagne-Ardenne \| Corsica \| Franche-Comt� \| Upper Normandy \| �le-de-France \| Languedoc-Roussillon \| Limousin \| Lorraine \| Midi-Pyr�n�es \| Nord-Pas-de-Calais \| Loire Region \| Picardy \| Poitou-Charentes \| Provence-Alpes-C�te-d'Azur \| Rh�ne-Alpes
Overseas Departments
Guadeloupe \| Martinique \| French Guiana \| R�union

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