The Canton of Amiens-6 is a canton situated in the

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of the Somme 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 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 ...

Composition

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 1 to 6

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(southwestern part) * Dury * Hébécourt * Rumigny *

Sains-en-Amiénois Sains-en-Amiénois is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated south of Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, loca ...

Saint-Fuscien Saint-Fuscien (; pcd, Saint-Fuschien) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The name of the commune in Picard is ''Saint-Fuschien''. Geography The commune is situated some south of Amiens Amiens (E ...

Geography

Composition

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