Technological lycées: Édouard-Branly, Edouard-Gand. The Sport Nautique d'Amiens (SNA) was founded in 1866.

Many regional and extra regional links (Haute-Normandie, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Champagne-Ardenne and île-de-France) pass through Amiens, especially by TER Picardie. L’investissement des personnels qui y travaillent, issus d’horizons différents, participe à cette réussite. This church was built at the end of the 15th century, on the model of the hall-churches.

The 1918 Battle of Amiens was the opening phase of the Hundred Days Offensive which led directly to the Armistice with Germany that ended the war.

Registered since 1981 as a World Heritage Site of UNESCO, it is a "masterpiece of world heritage". Retrouvez toutes les coordonnées, horaires et informations des professionnels dans l’annuaire PagesJaunes. Engaged in local life, he was Councillor of Amiens from 1888 to 1904. In area, it is the third largest in the Somme, after Crécy-en-Ponthieu and Hornoy-le-Bourg. It is also a World Heritage Site. ZAC Paul Claudel: This new housing and services quarter of 40 hectares (99 acres) is located at the southern entrance to the city. On the other hand, Muslim committees and associations exist in the image of the Islamic Cultural Centre of Amiens in the Rue de Savoie, the Muslim Cultural Freedom Association – Institute of Enlightenment and also the Association of residents of the home at 21 Route d'Allonville.
Like national and departmental allocations, the female population of the municipality is greater in number to the male population, with a rate of 52.5 percent, whereas the national rate is 51.6%. Regarded as the archetype of the classic Gothic style, the cathedral also presents some elements of the radiant Gothic style and flamboyant Gothic. on Place du Don and Quai Bélu. A native of Amiens, Paul Bourget published Le Disciple [fr] in 1889, a novel today considered his major work.

Veuillez nous excuser pour ce désagrement. The Amiens Métropole [fr] swim team, is that of Jérémy Stravius, who was a triple world champion of swimming and Olympic champion in the 4 × 100 m relay. In 2005, the CHU of Amiens became of international renown thanks to Professor Bernard Devauchelle, a native of the city, where his team performed the first partial face transplant in the world.[53]. The Gothiques d'Amiens, currently playing in Ligue Magnus (D1), were champions of France in 1999 and 2004, and runners-up in France for 1989, 1997, 1998, 2003 and 2006.

Despite the two World Wars of the 20th century, which severely affected the city, it managed to stay intact. [note 1] The open-air parking it replaces was a "gap" in the landscape dating from World War II. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. This church has a high and oddly leaning tower. The identity of the city is strongly marked by the specificity of its housing stock, consisting in a large proportion of detached houses, semi-detached, single or bourgeois: the amiénoises. For example, the Cité Carter produces a compilation each year, with local groups.[158]. A bus of the network of public transport in Amiens [fr]. [43] The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses carried out in the town since 1793. It is near Paris, close enough to have the highlights without unbearable noise and bustle. He has named Amiens and Marseille as two of his 15 "priority security zones" within France, to which they will now devote extra resources. There's a regular salary, they are divided between split shifts. Division I of the 2006 Ice Hockey World Championships. This glossary of medieval Latin is still authoritative today.

Not to be confused with the commune of Saint-Acheul situated 37 km (23 mi) to the north, the quarter of Saint-Acheul is the site of a military cemetery from the First World War (1914–1918). In 2005, three weeks of similar rioting spread from Paris to other parts of the country, leading to an unprecedented state of emergency and much soul searching. Industrialist, he ran the oils and fats business of "Igol". He rests at La Madeleine cemetery [fr] where one can read on his tomb: Vers l'immortalité et l'éternelle jeunesse.

It is known for a few local foods, including "macarons d'Amiens", almond paste biscuits; "tuiles amienoises", chocolate and orange curved biscuits; "pâté de canard d'Amiens", duck pâté in pastry; "la ficelle Picarde", an oven-baked cheese-topped crêpe; and "flamiche aux poireaux", a puff pastry tart made with leeks and cream. [31] In Picard, Amiens is called Anmyen. Swiss Police Home: Federal, Cantonal. Read about our approach to external linking.