The Canton of Amiens-3 is a

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situated in the

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of the

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and in the

Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...

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of northern

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Geography

The canton is 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.

Composition

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 2 to 8 communes:Décret n° 2014-263 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Somme
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(eastern part) * Aubigny *

Bussy-lès-Daours Bussy-lès-Daours is a commune in the Somme ''département'' in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Toponymy Bussy-lès-Daours has been recorded as: * Busci in 1153 * Buxeria in 1164 * Buscicum in 1170 * Buxis in 1301 * Buyssi in the 17th cen ...

* Camon *

Daours Daours () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Daours is situated on the D1 road, on the banks of the river Somme, some east of Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a c ...

* Lamotte-Brebière *

Rivery Rivery () is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Rivery is situated on the north-eastern outskirts of Amiens, on the other side of the S ...

Vecquemont Vecquemont (; pcd, Vècmont) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Vecquemont is situated east of Amiens, on the D11a road and by the banks of the river Somme. Population See also *Communes of ...