The Picardy region is made up of 3 departments: Asine (02), Oise (60) and Somme (80).
Regional capital: Amiens
regional Comitee of Tourism of Picardie. 3, rue Vincent Auriol 80000 Amiens tel 03 22 22 33 66

ACCESS
By road: Motorway A1 Paris-Lille-Grand - Antwerp, A2 Bapaume - Valenciennes - Brussels, A16 Amiens - Abbeville - Calais - Dunkerque A 23 Lille - Valenciennes, Lille-Dunkerque A25, A26 Calais-Arras-Saint-Quentin-Reims , Lille-Bruxelles A27, A28 Rouen-Boulogne.
By train: TGV Paris-Lille (1h10), Lille-London (2 h), Lille - Roissy (50 min), Lille-Lyon (3h), Lille-Bordeaux (5h). TGVde Paris to Dunkerque, Valenciennes, Cambará and Boulogne.
Channel tunnel linking Folkestone to Calais (50 km) (30 min).
By plane: Lille-Lesquin.
Connections maritimes.Calais-1h 15 Dover, Ramsgate-Dunkirk 2 h 30, Boulogne Dover / Folkestone 35 minutes.
Population: Nord-Pas-de-Calais: 3 997 000 (6.6% of the population). Picardie: 1 857 000 inhabitants (3% of the population)
Population by department: Aisne: 535 000. Oise: 766 000. Sum: 556 000
Area: Picardie: 19 399 km ².