The Amiens 8th (Nord) Canton is a former

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situated in the

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of the

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and in the

Picardy Picardy (; Picard and french: Picardie, , ) 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. It is located in the northern part of France. Hi ...

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of northern

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. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It had 16,103 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 80 Somme
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Geography

The canton was organised around the commune of

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...

in the

arrondissement of Amiens The arrondissement of Amiens is an arrondissement of France in the Somme department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 291 communes. Its population is 304,282 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Amiens a ...

. The altitude varies from 14m at Amiens, to 131m at Poulainville for an average of 44m. The canton comprised 3

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: *

Allonville Allonville () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated north of Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located ...

(partly) * Poulainville

Geography

See also