Picardy
Picardy Picardie | |
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| Kintra |  Fraunce |
| Prefectur | Amiens |
| Departments | |
| 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 |
Picardy (French: Picardie, French pronunciation: [pikaʁdi]) is ane o the 27 regions o Fraunce. It is locatit in the northren pairt o Fraunce.
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
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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