Picardy is a wealthy agricultural space in northern France. The area stretches from the English Channel within the northwest to Belgium within the northeast. Amiens is Picardy’s capital and largest metropolis.
Picardy is usually flat farmland. The world has rising chalk plateaus and ridges within the east. Farms produce such crops as grains, potatoes, and sugar beets. The world can also be recognized for its beer and cider. Picardy is residence to one among Europe’s largest hen sanctuaries.
The Salian Franks, a Germanic individuals, settled within the Picardy space within the A.D. four hundred’s. France takes its identify from the Frankish kingdom of Francia. A few of the most violent battles of World Conflict I (1914-1918) have been fought in Picardy. The area noticed bitter preventing once more throughout World Warfare II (1939-1945).