Amiens

Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, a 120 km north of Paris and 100 km south west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Hauts de France. The metropolis had a populace of 136,105 in line with the 2006 census and one of the biggest university hospitals in France with a capability of 1,200 beds. Amiens Cathedral the tallest of the huge, conventional, Gothic churches of the 13th century and the largest in France of its kind is a World Heritage Site.

The creator Jules Verne lived in Amiens from 1871 until his dying in 1905, and served at the metropolis council for 15 years. The first recognized agreement at this vicinity was Samarobriva the primary settlement of the Ambiani, one of the important tribes of Gaul. The town changed into given the call Ambianum through the Romans that means agreement of the Ambiani humans. Amiens changed into a part of Francia from the 5th century. Normans sacked the metropolis in 859 and once more in 882. In 1113, the town turned into diagnosed by using King Louis VI of France and joined to the Crown of France in 1185.