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Amiens
Amiens
Coat of arms
Location of Amiens
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Coordinates: 49°53′31″N 2°17′56″E / 49.892°N 2.299°E / 49.892; 2.299
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Brigitte Fouré
Area 1	49.46 km2 (19.10 sq mi)
Population  (2006)	139,271
• Density	2,800/km2 (7,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80021 /80000
Elevation	14–106 m (46–348 ft) (avg. 33 m or 108 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Amiens is a city in Somme in the former province of Picardy in northern France. About 145,000 people live there. The Treaty of Amiens was signed there.

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• This town at the Historical Association for Joan of Arc Studies^{[permanent dead link]}

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