Picardy - Picardie

The former region Picardy Located in the north Of France. She was with the region in 2016 Nord-Pas-de-Calais to the new region Hauts-de-France united.

Regions

The following departments are located in Picardy:

• Aisne (02)
• Oise (60)
• Somme (80)

places

• Abbeville
• Albert
• Amiens - Capital of the region
• Beauvais
• Château-Thierry
• Compiegne
• Laon
• Noyon
• Saint-Quentin
• Senlis
• Soissons
• Vervins

Other goals

background

Picardy was one of the main theaters of the First World War.

Until the end of 2015, Picardy was an independent region in the French administrative system. As of January 1, 2016, it was together with the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais to the new region Hauts-de-France with headquarters in Lille merged. At first she held the compound title for the time being Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy.

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getting there

By plane

The largest airport in the region itself is the airport 49.4544442.1127781 Beauvais(IATA: BVA)who mainly like low-cost airlines Ryanair who call him "Paris-Beauvais". At the moment (as of January 2017) there are no direct flights from German-speaking countries. You can also get there via the 49.0097222222222.54777777777782 Charles de Gaulle(IATA: CDG) to which there are direct connections from various airports in D / A / CH. From there it is z. B. 75 km to Beauvais, 135 km to Amiens. Directly at the airport train station, you can get on a TGV that goes to the station Upper Picardy (between Amiens and Saint-Quentin) reached in 31 minutes.

By train

The TGV high-speed line north (Paris – Lille) runs through Picardy. The TGV stop Upper Picardy is located far away from larger cities halfway between Amiens and Saint-Quentin, which is why it is popularly known as the "sugar beet station". A quarter of an hour after the arrival of the TGV, buses make the connection to Amiens or Saint-Quentin.

There are also seven ICs daily from Paris-Nord via Compiègne and Saint-Quentin Eye of the mouth or Cambrai, ICs run six times a day from Paris to Amiens with a stop in Clermont-de-l'Oise, Saint-Just-en-Chaussée and Longueau, stops five times a day Intercité Paris-Boulogne-sur-Mer in Longueau and Amiens, four IC trains per day end in Saint-Quentin and stop in Creil on the way, Pont-Sainte-Maxence, Compiègne, Noyon, Chauny and Tergnier. The fastest trains from Paris to Amiens take 1:05 hours, to Saint-Quentin 1:15 hours.

Coming from Germany you usually have to change trains in Paris (possibly with a change of train station), as the high-speed trains from Germany do not stop in Picardy. From Cologne to Amiens z. B. The fastest connection takes just under five hours.

By bus

In the street

The A 1 motorway (Paris – Lille) runs through the middle of the region in a north-south direction, and the A 26 or A 29 in a west-east direction (Rouen–Amiens – St Quentin–Reims). The A 16 (Paris – Beauvais – Amiens–Calais), through the southeast the A4 (Paris – Reims). From Switzerland and the southern part of Germany you usually drive via Reims and reach the region from the south-east. From the northern half of Germany you drive through Belgium and come to Picardy on the A2. From Cologne to Amiens, for example, it is 410 kilometers, which usually takes a good four hours.

By boat

There is no major ferry port on the short coast of Picardy itself. The following ferry ports with connections from the British Isles but are in the vicinity (distances up to Amiens):

• Dieppe, 80 km
• Boulogne, 100 km
• Calais (tunnels and ferries), 120 km
• Le Havre, 150 km

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Tourist Attractions

The Cathédrale Notre Dame d'Amiens (Amiens Cathedral) has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage SiteList and as a stopover in the Way of St. James known.

Also worth seeing are the Gothic cathedrals in Beauvais, Laon, Noyon, Senlis and Soissons.

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