Amiens

Amiens is the capital of the northern region of . As well as its own attractions, the city makes a practical base from which to explore the area of the First World War's Western Front located nearby.
  • City with about 136,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (50 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code QAM
  • …is also known as “Amians”
  • Description: commune in Somme, France
  • Postal codes
    80000
    80080
    80090

Places of Interest

Highlights include Amiens Cathedral and Amiens station.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Amiens, or simply , is a cathedral.
is the main railway station for the Northern French city of Amiens.
The is the main museum of Amiens and Picardy, in .
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Latitude
49.8942° or 49° 53′ 39″ north
Longitude
2.2957° or 2° 17′ 45″ east
UN/LOCODE
FR AMI
Open location code
8FX4V7VW+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Amiens” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Amiens”
  • Albanian: “Amiens”
  • Arabic: “أميان”
  • Aragonese: “Amiens”
  • Armenian: “Ամիեն”
  • Armenian: “Ամյեն”
  • Arpitan: “Amians”
  • Arpitan: “Amiens”
  • Asturian: “Amiens”
  • Azerbaijani: “Amyen”
  • Balinese: “Amiens”
  • Bambara: “Amiens”
  • Basque: “Amians”
  • Basque: “Amiens”
  • Bavarian: “Amiens”
  • Belarusian: “Ам’ен”
  • Bengali: “আমিয়াঁ”
  • Breton: “Amiens”
  • Buginese: “Amiens”
  • Bulgarian: “Амиен”
  • Cajun French: “Amiens”
  • Catalan: “Amens”
  • Catalan: “Amians”
  • Catalan: “Amiens”
  • Cebuano: “Amiens”
  • Chechen: “Амьен”
  • Chinese: “亚眠”
  • Chinese: “亞眠”
  • Chinese: “阿眠”
  • Chuvash: “Амьен”
  • Corsican: “Amiens”
  • Croatian: “Amiens”
  • Czech: “Amiens”
  • Danish: “Amiens”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Amiens”
  • Dutch: “Amians”
  • Dutch: “Amiens”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اميان”
  • Esperanto: “Amians”
  • Esperanto: “Amieno”
  • Esperanto: “Amiens”
  • Esperanto: “Amjenso”
  • Estonian: “Amiens”
  • Faroese: “Amiens”
  • Finnish: “Amiens”
  • French: “Amians”
  • French: “Amiens”
  • French: “Espace urbain d’Amiens”
  • French: “la petite Venise du Nord”
  • French: “Longpré-lès-Amiens”
  • Friulian: “Amiens”
  • Galician: “Amiens”
  • Georgian: “ამიენი”
  • German: “Amians”
  • German: “Amiens”
  • German: “Samarobriva”
  • Gothic: “𐌰𐌼𐌹𐌰𐌹𐌽”
  • Gothic: “𐌰𐌼𐌹𐌴𐌽𐍃”
  • Greek: “Αμιάν”
  • Greek: “Αμιέν”
  • Greek: “Αμιένη”
  • Gujarati: “એમીન્સ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Amiens”
  • Hebrew: “אמיין”
  • Hindi: “अमियाँ”
  • Hungarian: “Amiens”
  • Hungarian: “Samarobriva”
  • Icelandic: “Amiens”
  • Ido: “Amiens”
  • Indonesian: “Amiens”
  • Interlingua: “Amiens”
  • Interlingue: “Amiens”
  • Irish: “Amiens”
  • Italian: “Amians”
  • Italian: “Amiens”
  • Italian: “Samarobriva”
  • Jamaican Creole English: “Amiens”
  • Japanese: “Amiens”
  • Japanese: “Espace urbain d’Amiens”
  • Japanese: “la petite Venise du Nord”
  • Japanese: “Longpré-lès-Amiens”
  • Japanese: “アミアン”
  • Jèrriais: “Amiens”
  • Kabyle: “Amiens”
  • Kalaallisut: “Amiens”
  • Kannada: “ಅಮಿಯೆನ್ಸ್”
  • Kannada: “ಆಮೀನ್ಸ್”
  • Kazakh: “Амьен”
  • Kongo: “Amiens”
  • Korean: “아미앵”
  • Kurdish: “Amiens”
  • Ladin: “Amiens”
  • Latin: “Ambianum”
  • Latin: “Amiens”
  • Latin: “Samarobriva”
  • Latvian: “Amiens”
  • Latvian: “Amjēna”
  • Ligurian: “Amiens”
  • Limburgan: “Amiens”
  • Lithuanian: “Amiens”
  • Lithuanian: “Amjenas”
  • Lombard: “Amiens”
  • Low German: “Amiens”
  • Luxembourgish: “Amiens”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Amiens”
  • Macedonian: “Амјен”
  • Mainfränkisch: “Amiens”
  • Malagasy: “Amiens”
  • Malay: “Amiens”
  • Marathi: “आमियां”
  • Mazanderani: “امیان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Amiens”
  • Minangkabau: “Amiens”
  • Mingrelian: “ამიენი”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “أميان”
  • Neapolitan: “Amiens”
  • Northern Frisian: “Amiens”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Amiens”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amiens”
  • Norwegian: “Amiens”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Amians”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Amiens”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Embenas”
  • Ossetian: “Амьен”
  • Papiamento: “Amiens”
  • Persian: “آمین”
  • Persian: “امیان”
  • Picard: “Anmien”
  • Picard: “Anmyin”
  • Piemontese: “Amiens”
  • Polish: “Amiens”
  • Pontic: “Αμιάν”
  • Portuguese: “Amiens”
  • Prussian: “Amiens”
  • Romagnol: “Amiens”
  • Romanian: “Amiens”
  • Romansh: “Amiens”
  • Russian: “Амьен”
  • Sardinian: “Amiens”
  • Scots: “Amiens”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Amiens”
  • Serbian: “Amiens”
  • Serbian: “Амијен”
  • Serbian: “Амјен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Amiens”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Amjen”
  • Sicilian: “Amiens”
  • Silesian: “Amiens”
  • Sinhala: “ඒමියන්ස්”
  • Slovak: “Amiens”
  • Slovenian: “Amiens”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آمین”
  • Spanish: “Amians”
  • Spanish: “Amiens”
  • Spanish: “Samarobriva”
  • Swahili: “Amiens”
  • Swedish: “Amiens”
  • Swedish: “Samarobriva”
  • Swiss German: “Amiens”
  • Tajik: “Амйен”
  • Tamil: “அம்மயன்ஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Амьен”
  • Telugu: “అమియన్స్”
  • Thai: “Amiens”
  • Thai: “อาเมียง”
  • Thai: “อาเมียงส์”
  • Tumbuka: “Amiens”
  • Turkish: “Amiens”
  • Twi: “Amiens”
  • Ukrainian: “Ам’єн”
  • Urdu: “امیان”
  • Uzbek: “Amiens”
  • Venetian: “Amiens”
  • Vietnamese: “Amiens”
  • Vlaams: “Amiens”
  • Volapük: “Amiens”
  • Walloon: “Amiens”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Amiens”
  • Welsh: “Amiens”
  • Western Frisian: “Amiens”
  • Western Panjabi: “آمیاں”
  • Wolof: “Amiens”
  • Wu Chinese: “亚眠”
  • Yue Chinese: “亞眠”
  • Zulu: “Amiens”

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