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The arrondissement of Amiens is an arrondissement of France in the Somme department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 291 communes. Its population is 304,282 (2016), and its area is 2,343.1 km 2 (904.7 sq mi). Composition. The communes of the arrondissement of Amiens are:
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The arrondissement of Amiens is an arrondissement of France....
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It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France and had a population of 135,429, [5] as of 2021. A central landmark of the city is Amiens Cathedral, the largest Gothic cathedral in France. Amiens also has one of the largest university hospitals in France, with a capacity of 1,200 beds.
- Prehistory
- Antiquity
- Late Antiquity
- Middle Ages
- Early Modern Era
- 19th Century
- 20th and 21st Centuries
Paleolithic
The discovery of important prehistoric sites in Amiens contributed to the birth and growth of prehistory, a young science which established itself in the second half of the 19th century. The region of Amiens has enormous potential for Quaternary geologyand, more generally, for knowledge of the history of the first settlements in Europe. The wealth and importance of the deposits in the suburbs of Saint-Acheul and Montieres, as well as the quality of the work of Victor Commont[fr] and Jacques B...
Mesolithic
In 2006, when housing was under construction, excavations revealed Mesolithic[note 1] sites on positions of ancient banks of the Somme and the Selle.
Neolithic
The Neolithic period the territory of Amiens has not been the subject of intensive research as the Paleolithic. However, a large deposit in the Montieres-Etouvie sector has delivered an extensive Neolithic industrywith yellow flint of excellent craftsmanship. Renancourt brickworks also updated important remains attributable to the Neolithic or Chalcolithic, evidenced by the boat-shaped double axe exhibited at the Musée de Picardie.
The first known settlement is Samarobriva ("Somme bridge"), mentioned for the first time in the Commentarii de Bello Gallico of Julius Caesar. Some forty years later, it was the central settlement of the Ambiani, one of the principal tribes of Gaul, who were issuing coinage, probably from Amiens, in the 1st century BC. It was a large town which con...
Samarobriu (Samarobriva Ambianorum) appears on the Tabula Peutingeriana. In 367, Valentinian I moved to Amiens to organise a maritime defence system, known as the Tractus Armoricanus et Nervicanus[fr]. Valentinian I proclaimed his son Gratian his co-augustus at Amiens the same year, after recovering from an illness. In 367, it was from Amiens that ...
Normans sacked the city 859 and again in 882. During the second sacking, the city's cathedral was burned. During the early part of the 10th century, Count Herbert de Vermandois united the regions of Amiens, Vexin, Laon, and Reims. In 1095, the people of Amiens began to form a rough municipal organization. In 1113, the municipality was sworn with th...
On 11 March 1597, the Spanish attacked by surprise. The soldiers of Count Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo of Fuentes, disguised as peasants came before the gates of the walls with walnuts and apples. The hungry people of Amiens then opened the gates and the Spaniards entered and took over the city. The six month siege of Amiens by Henry IV with the assi...
In November 1801, British and French delegates began discussing terms of peace at the Amiens Congress. On 25 March 1802, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the First French Republic signed the Treaty of Amiens at the town hall, putting an end to the Second Coalitionagainst France. During the 19th century, Amiens began to feel the e...
From the Belle Epoque to the First World War
The tenth French town at the beginning of the 20th century, its population doubled between 1800 and 1900 from 41,000 to more than 90,000 inhabitants.Given the need to accommodate the newcomers, the city transformed and enriched its heritage, especially valuing its centre, while retaining traces of its past with its plan leaving the imprint of the successive walls. The city extended first south and then north, especially in the Saint-Pierre quarter where many "Jacobins" houses were built. The...
First World War
At the start of the war, in August 1914, Amiens had been the Advance Base for the British Expeditionary Force. It was captured by the German Army on 31 August 1914, but recaptured by the French on 28 September. The proximity of Amiens to the Western Front and its importance as a rail hub, made it a vital British logistic centre, especially during the Battle of the Somme in 1916.The city was to the immediate rear of the Allied front during most of the war. With 93,000 inhabitants at the start...
Second World War
The rebuilding of downtown was not complete from already being heavily hit during the First World War, the city was again stricken by many bombings during the Second World War, in 1940, particularly during the Battle of Amiens[fr] in early June. During the Battle of France, Amiens was reached by the German Army's 1st Panzer Division on 20 May 1940, following two days of heavy air raids. The Germans gradually penetrated the city and two other armoured divisions supported the offensive. French...
El distrito de Amiens es un distrito (en francés arrondissement) de Francia, que se localiza en el departamento de Somme, de la región de Picardía (en francés Picardie ). Cuenta con 21 cantones y 313 comunas. División territorial. Cantones. Los cantones del distrito de Amiens son: Cantón de Acheux-en-Amiénois. Cantón de Amiens-1 (Ouest)
Amiens is een arrondissement van het Franse departement Somme in de regio Hauts-de-France. De onderprefectuur is Amiens. Kantons. Het arrondissement was tot 2014 samengesteld uit de volgende kantons: Kanton Acheux-en-Amiénois; Amiens 1e kanton (Ouest) Amiens 2e kanton (Nord-Ouest) Amiens 3e kanton (Nord-Est) Amiens 4e kanton (Est)
Das Arrondissement Amiens ist eine Verwaltungseinheit des französischen Départements Somme innerhalb der Region Hauts-de-France. Verwaltungssitz ist Amiens. Kantone. Zum Arrondissement gehören Gemeinden aus 13 Kantonen: Ailly-sur-Noye (mit 25 von 52 Gemeinden) Ailly-sur-Somme; Amiens-1; Amiens-2; Amiens-3; Amiens-4
