Amiens

Amiens () is a ceety an commune in northren Fraunce,  north o Paris an  sooth-wast o Lille. It is the caipital o the Somme depairtment in Picardy. The ceety haed a population o 136,105 accordin tae the 2006 census.

 Etymology 
Oreeginally cried Samarobriva ("Somme brige") bi the Gauls, the toun wis later gien the name Ambianum bi the Romans as it wis a dounset o the Gallic Ambiani fowk. The Ambiani derive thair name frae the Gaulish wird ambe meanin 'river' – a reference tae the Somme that flows throu Amiens.

 Internaitional relations 
 Twin touns – Sister ceeties 

Amiens is twinned wi:
 Dortmund, Germany
 Görlitz, Germany
 Tulsa, USA
 Darlington, Unitit Kinrick
 Nafplio, Greece

 See an aw 
Battle o Amiens (disambiguation page)

 References 

 Freemit airtins 

Offeecial wabsteid


Category:Communes o Somme
Category:Prefecturs in Fraunce