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Picardy (/ ˈ p ɪ k ər d i /; Picard and French: Picardie, French: ⓘ, Picard: IPA:) is a historical and cultural territory and a former administrative region located in northern France.
The Somme towns were strategically important in the 15th century conflict between the Valois dukes of Burgundy and the kings of France. [15] Picardy, the region in north eastern France in which they were located, lay between the French royal domain in the Île-de-France and the dukes' Low Countries possessions, the Burgundian Netherlands. [16]
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.
This list of castles in Picardy is a list of medieval castles or château forts in the region in northern France.
Hauts-de-France (French pronunciation: [o də fʁɑ̃s] ⓘ; lit. ' Heights of France ' , Upper France , [ 3 ] Picard : Heuts d'Franche ) is the northernmost region of France , created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy .
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During King Henry II's Italian war in 1557, most of Noyon would be burned, [11] in the midst of Philip II of Spain's invasion of Picardy, [12] before returning to their winter quarters in the Spanish Netherlands. [12] Near the end of the sixteenth century the town fell under Habsburg control, but Henry IV of France recaptured it.
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.