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{{About|the French region||Picardy (disambiguation)}} |
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{{Infobox French region |
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|Name = Picardy |
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|Native_name = Picardie |
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|map = Picardie in France.svg |
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|flag = Picardie flag.svg |
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|reg_logo = Blason région fr Picardie.svg |
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|capital = Amiens |
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|largest_city = |
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|area = 19399 |
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|population = 1890000 |
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|pop_date = 2007-01-01 |
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|pop_rank = 12th |
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|Website = [http://www.cr-picardie.fr/ cr-picardie.fr] |
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|leader = Claude Gewerc |
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|leader_party = [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]] |
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|ruling_party1 = |
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|ruling_party2 = |
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|departments = 3 |
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|dept1 = [[Aisne]] |
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|dept2 = [[Oise]] |
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|dept3 = [[Somme]] |
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|NUTS = FR2 |
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|iso region = |
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}} |
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'''Picardy''' ({{lang-fr|Picardie}}, {{IPA-fr|pi.kaʁ.di}}) is one of the 27 [[regions of France|regions]] of [[France]]. It is located in the northern part of [[France]]. |
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==History== |
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The historical[[provinces of France|province]] of [[Picardy (province)|Picardy]] stretched from north of Noyon to Calais, via the whole of the [[Somme]] department and the north of the Aisne department. The province of Artois (Arras area) separated Picardy from French Flanders. |
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=== Middle Ages === |
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[[File:Picardy flag.png|thumb|left|200px|Flag and coat of arms of the region of Picardy]] |
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In the 5th century the area was occupied by the [[Franks]], and in the feudal period it encompassed the six countships of [[Count of Boulogne|Boulogne]], [[Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais|Montreuil]], [[Ponthieu]], [[Communauté de communes du Sud-Ouest Amiénois|Amiénois]], [[Vermandois]], and [[Laonnois]].<ref name="dunbabin4">Dunbabin.France in the Making. Ch.4. The Principalities 888–987</ref> |
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The name "Picardy" (which may have referred to a Frankish tribe of ''picards'' or pike-bearers) was not used until the 12th or 13th century. During this time, the name applied to all lands where the [[Picard language]] was spoken, which included all the territories from Paris to the [[Netherlands]].<ref name="PlanholClaval1994">{{cite book|author1=Xavier De Planhol|author2=Paul Claval|title=An Historical Geography of France|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=C19glZh7zfoC&pg=PA172|accessdate=25 March 2012|date=17 March 1994|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-32208-9|page=172}}</ref> In the [[Latin Quarter]] of Paris, people identified a "Picard Nation" (''Nation Picarde'') of students at [[Sorbonne University]], most of whom actually came from Flanders.<ref name="britannica">Encyclopædia Britannica Online. History of Picardy.</ref> |
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=== Modern era === |
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In the 16th century, the ''governement'' (military region) of Picardy was created. This became a new administrative region of France, separate from what was historically defined as Picardy. The new Picardy included the [[Somme]] ''[[département]]'', the northern half of the [[Aisne]] ''département'', and a small fringe in the north of the [[Oise]] ''département''. |
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In the 17th century, an infectious disease similar to [[English sweat]] originated from the region and spread across France. It was called ''Suette des picards'' or [[Picardy sweat]].<ref name="Hecher1844">{{cite book|author=T. F. C. Hecher|title=The epidemics of the Middle ages|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=vMfGlF2oOdQC&pg=PA315|accessdate=25 March 2012|year=1844|publisher=G. Woodfall and Von|pages=315–318}}</ref> |
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Sugar beet was introduced by [[Napoleon I]] during the [[Napoleonic Wars]] in the 19th century, in order to counter the United Kingdom, which had seized the sugar islands possessed by France in the [[Caribbean]]. The sugar industry has continued to play a prominent role in the economy of the region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.french.co.uk/france/regions/picardy/ |work=French.co.uk |title=Picardie }}</ref> |
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One of the most significant historical events to occur in Picardy was the series of battles fought along the [[Somme (river)|Somme]] during [[World War I]]. From September 1914 to August 1918, four major battles, including the [[Battle of the Somme]], were fought by British, French, and German forces in the fields of Northern Picardy.<ref name="Philpott2010">{{cite book|author=William Philpott|title=Three Armies on the Somme: The First Battle of the Twentieth Century|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8MXGNxVINkAC|accessdate=25 March 2012|date=5 October 2010|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=978-0-307-26585-2|pages=3–4}}</ref> |
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=== Picardy today === |
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[[Image:Pierre Puvis de Chavannes - "Ludus Pro Patria" - Walters 3716.jpg|right|thumb|This painting by [[Pierre Puvis de Chavannes]] recalls the "Golden Age" in the history of the province of Picardy.<ref>{{cite web |publisher= [[The Walters Art Museum]] |
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|url= http://art.thewalters.org/detail/20168 |
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|title= Ludus Pro Patria }}</ref> The Walters Art Museum.]] |
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In 2009, the Regional Committee for local government reform proposed to reduce the number of [[Regions of France|French regions]] and cancel out additions of new regions in the near future. Picardy impacted by the reform would have disappeared and each department would have joined a nearby region. The Oise would have been incorporated in the [[Île-de-France (region)|Île-de-France]], the Somme would have been incorporated in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Aisne would have been incorporated in the Champagne-Ardenne. The vast majority of Picards were opposed to this proposal and it was scrapped in 2010 (see newspaper: "Courrier Picard"). |
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Today, the modern region of Picardy no longer includes the coastline from Berck to Calais, via Boulogne (Boulonais), that is now in the [[Nord-Pas-de-Calais]] region, but does incorporate the ''pays'' of [[Beauvaisis]], Valois, Noyonnais, Laonnois, Soissonnais, Omois, among other [[departments of France]]. The older definition of Picardy survives in the name of the [[Picard language]], which applies not only to the dialects of Picardy proper, but also to the [[Romance languages|Romance]] dialects spoken in the [[Nord-Pas de Calais]] ''[[région]]'', north of Picardy proper, and parts of the [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[province of Hainaut]]. |
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==Geography== |
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[[Image:Lando-vaux.jpg|thumb|300px|left|Landscape in Picardy]] |
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Between the 1990 and 1999 censuses, the population of [[Oise]] increased 0.61% per year (almost twice as fast as France as a whole), while the [[Aisne]] department lost inhabitants, and the [[Somme]] barely grew with a 0.16% growth per year. Today, 41.3% of the population of Picardy live inside the [[Oise]] department. |
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Picardy stretches from the long sand beaches of the Somme estuary in the west to the vast forests and pastures of the Thiérache in the east and down to the chateaux of Chantilly or Pierrefonds near the Paris Area and vineyards of the border with Champagne (''Champagne picarde'') to the south. |
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==Administration== |
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The president of the regional council is [[Claude Gewerc]], a [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist]] in office since 2004. That year he defeated longtime [[Union for French Democracy|UDF]] incumbent [[Gilles de Robien]]. |
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Since 2008, the mayor of the city of [[Amiens]], the regional capital, has been [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist]] [[Gilles Demailly]]. He defeated longtime mayor [[Gilles de Robien]] of the [[New Centre]] party. |
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[[File:Péronne - Porte de Bretagne 3561.jpg|thumb|250px|Distinctive brick building style demonstrated on a monument in [[Somme]], Picardy]] |
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== Language and culture == |
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Historically, the region of Picardy has a strong and proud cultural identity. The Picard (the local inhabitant and traditionally [[Picard language]] speakers) cultural heritage includes some of the most extraordinary Gothic churches (Amiens and Beauvais cathedrals or Saint-Quentin basilica), distinctive local cuisine (including ''ficelle picarde'', ''flamiche aux poireaux'', ''tarte au maroilles''), beer (including from Péronne's de Clercq brewery) and traditional games and sports, such as the ''longue paume'' (ancestor of tennis), as well as ''danses picardes'' and its own bagpipes, called the ''pipasso''. |
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The villages of Picardy have a distinct character, with their houses made of red bricks, often accented with a "lace" of white bricks. A minority of people still speak the [[Picard language]], one of the [[languages of France]], which is also spoken in [[Artois]] ([[Nord-Pas de Calais]] ''région''). "[[P'tit quinquin]]", a Picard song, is a symbol of the local culture (and of that of Artois). |
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==Major communities== |
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*[[Abbeville]] |
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*[[Amiens]] |
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*[[Beauvais]] |
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*[[Compiègne]] |
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*[[Creil]] |
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*[[Laon]] |
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*[[Saint-Quentin, Aisne|Saint-Quentin]] |
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*[[Soissons]] |
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== In popular culture == |
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* The song [[Roses of Picardy]] is a ballad written in 1916 during World War I. In 1927, the song title was used as the title of the [[Roses of Picardy (film)|silent British film]] of the same name. |
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== References == |
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{{reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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* {{fr icon}} [http://www.cr-picardie.fr/ Official regional council website] |
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* {{en icon}} [http://about-france.com/regions/picardy.htm Picardy, brief guide to the region and attractions] |
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* {{en icon}} [http://www.images-en-somme.net/en/ Pictures of Picardy] |
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* {{en icon}} [http://www.offrench.net/photos/gallery-10.php photos from Southern Picardy] |
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{{Regions of France}} |
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Revision as of 02:44, 23 November 2012
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