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The name "Picardy" derives from the Old French pic, meaning "pike", the characteristic weapon used by people from this region in ancient times. [5] The term "Picardy" was first used in the early 13th century, [6] during which time the name applied to all lands where the Picard language was spoken including territories from Paris to the ...
Français : Carte administrative vierge de la département de la Picardie, France, destinée à la géolocalisation. English: Blank administrative map of the region of en:Picardie , France , for geo-location purpose.
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Somme (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Picard: Sonme) is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Hauts-de-France region. It is bordered by Pas-de-Calais and Nord to the north, Aisne to the east, Oise to the south and Seine-Maritime to the southwest.
France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (French: régions, singular région), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collectivities, which have a semi-autonomous status). [1]
The Santerre (French pronunciation:; Picard: Santérre) is a natural region of France, located in the center of the administrative region of Picardy.. Located between Amiens and Saint-Quentin, the Santerre is a territory covering an area of about 3,000 km 2, including 242 communes and with a population of 106,489 inhabitants.
Below is a list of European countries and dependencies by area in Europe. [1] As a continent, Europe's total geographical area is about 10 million square kilometres. [2] Transcontinental countries are ranked according to the size of their European part only, excluding Greece due to the not clearly defined boundaries of its islands between ...