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Amiens (France)

LC control no.n 79116223
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Geographic headingAmiens (France)
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Geographic subdivision usageFrance--Amiens
Variant(s)Амьен (France)
Amiens.
Anmyen (France)
Samarobriva (France)
Ambianum (France)
Associated countryFrance
Associated placePicardy (France) Somme (France)
Special noteNon-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found inIts Bulletin municipal ... 1930-38.
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (unknown; 49°54ʹ00ʺN 002°18ʹ00ʺE)
Work cat.: Amʹen (M-31-77) : Frant︠s︡ii︠a︡, departament Somma, 1976.
Pichon, Blaise. Amiens, 2009: p. 5 (Samarobriva, a new city created by the Romans) p. 28 (until the period between the world wars, archaeologists of Amiens affirmed the presence of a settlement of the La Tène period on the site; despite numerous excavations, no trace of structures prior to the Roman conquest have been found)
GEOnet, 11 November 2015 (Amiens; geopolitical entity name: France; first-order administrative division name: Picardie; 49° 54ʹ 00ʺ N, 002° 18ʹ 00ʺ E; 49.9 [N], 2.3 [E]; seat of a first-order administrative division)
Wikipedia, 11 November 2015 (Amiens; city and commune in northern France; capital of the Somme department in Picardy; in Picard, Amiens is called Anmyen; the first known settlement is Samarobriva ("Somme bridge"), the central settlement of the Ambiani, one of the principal tribes of Gaul; the town was given the name Ambianum by the Romans; is divided into seven cantons; 49° 53ʹ 31.2ʺ N, 2° 17ʹ 56.4ʺ E; 49.892 [N], 2.299 [E])
Geographic area codee-fr---