Picardy

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Agricultural and market-gardening region, Picardy boasts an important religious heritage. Renowned for its famous Gothic cathedrals, the region offers many other architectural gems, such as its numerous abbeys, notably royal, its churches and its castles. Picardy also offers a variety of different landscapes, ranging from forests, hedged farmland and plains of cereal crops to the marshes used for vegetable farming of Amiens, through the chalk cliffs, sandy beaches and dunes of the Picardy coast.

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	Mixing nature and historical heritage, the Aisne is home to the town of Laon and its Gothic cathedral, the fortified churches of Thiérache, but also the Saint-Gobain forest and the nature reserve of Isle marsh.
	A top destination for equestrianism, the Oise is the area of vast forests great for sports activities, majestic castles, Gothic cathedrals, royal abbeys and towns steeped in history and traditions.
	Among the best features of the Somme are the famous cathedral of Amiens, UNESCO World Heritage Site, the lakes of High Somme, the picard coast and its high chalky cliffs, marshes used for vegetable farming, the Bay of Somme and the Marquenterre ornithological park, favourite place for numerous bird species.

TOWNS
	Amiens Cayeux-sur-Mer Laon Albert Pierrefonds Poix-de-Picardie Saint-Michel Rue Doullens	Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique Fère-en-Tardenois Charly-sur-Marne Chauny Montcornet Rozoy-sur-Serre Clermont Friville-Escarbotin All the towns of Picardy

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	Photos of the Aisne Photos of the Oise	Photos of the Somme

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