Picardy

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Picardy Picardie
Region of France
Flag Coat of arms
Coordinates: 49°30′N 2°50′E / 49.500°N 2.833°E / 49.500; 2.833
Country	France
Dissolved	1 January 2016
Prefecture	Amiens
Departments	3 Aisne (02) Oise (60) Somme (80)
Government
• President	Claude Gewerc (PS)
Area
• Total	19,399 km2 (7,490 sq mi)
Population  (2016)
• Total	1,932,422
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Demonym	Picards
Gross Regional Product [1]
• Total	€51.729 billion
• Per capita	€26,800
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
ISO 3166 code	FR-S
NUTS Region	FR2
Website	cr-picardie.fr

Picardy (/ˈpɪkərdi/, Picard and French: Picardie, French: [pikaʁdi] ^ⓘ, Picard: [pika(ː)rdi]) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Hauts-de-France.^[2] It is located in the northern part of France.