- This article is about the historical French province and cultural area of Picardy. For the modern French région of Picardie, see Picardie. Picardie ( English: Picardy is one of the 26 regions of France. For use in music, see Picardy third. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. A Picardy third (also known as Tierce de Picardie) is a harmonic device used in European classical music. For the hymn tune see Picardy (hymn). A hymn tune is a musical composition to which a hymn text is sung "Picardy" is a Hymn tune used in Christian churches based on a French carol; it is in a minor key and its meter is 8
Picardy (French: Picardie) is an historical province of France, in the north of France. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The Kingdom of France was organised into Provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The historical capital and largest city is Amiens. Amiens (amjɛ̃ is a city and commune in northern France, 120 km north of Paris.
Whimsical enough is the origin of the name of Picards, and from thence of Picardie, which does not date earlier than AD 1200. Picardie ( English: Picardy is one of the 26 regions of France. It was an academical joke, an epithet first applied to the quarrelsome humour of those students, in the University of Paris, who came from the frontier of France and Flanders. The historic University of Paris (Université de Paris first appeared in the second half of the 13th century (Chapter LVIII - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire)
During the Middle Ages, Picardy referred to that part of France north of Paris, and it even included the Dutch speaking Flanders. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (known popularly as The History) was written by English Historian Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname Flanders (Vlaanderen Flandre Flandern is a geographical region located in parts of present day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. Thus, the name applied to an area much larger than what we now think of as Picardy. This area corresponds to all the territories from Paris to the Netherlands. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands In the Latin Quarter of Paris, people identified a "Picardy Nation" (Nation Picarde) of students, most of whom actually came from Flanders, who studied in the prestigious Sorbonne University. The historic University of Paris (Université de Paris first appeared in the second half of the 13th century
In a narrower sense, Picardy refers to the area covered by the gouvernement (military region) of Picardy as created in the 16th century. This area is the Somme département, the northern half of the Aisne département, and a small fringe in the north of the Oise département. The Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. In the Terminology of Political geography and Historiography a National department (département departamento is an administrative Aisne (ɛn is a department in the northern part of France named after the Aisne River. Oise is a department in the north of France named after the Oise River. This is what most people think of as Picardy today. The older definition survives in the name of the Picard language, which applies not only to the dialects of Picardy proper, but also to the Romance dialects spoken in the Nord-Pas de Calais région, north of Picardy proper. Picard is a Language closely related to French, and as such is one of the larger group of Romance languages. The Romance languages (sometimes referred to as Romanic languages, or Neolatin languages) are a branch of the Indo-European language family comprising all Nord-Pas de Calais (French Nord-Pas de Calais; Dutch Noord-Nauw van Kales) is one of the 26 regions of France. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica,
Picardy proper now lies inside the Picardie région, making up half of this région. Picardie ( English: Picardy is one of the 26 regions of France. Before the French Revolution, the coastal areas of Boulogne-sur-Mer and Calais were considered part of Picardy, but are now part of the Nord-Pas de Calais région. The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an Boulogne-sur-Mer ( Bonen in Dutch is a City in Northern France. Calais (kaˈlɛ in English often kæˈleɪ traditional English pronunciation /ˈkælɨs/ Kales is a town in northern France. However, anciently these areas belonged to the province of Artois, and had been detached from Artois in the 15th century. Artois (Artesië (adjective Artesian) is a former province of northern France.
Most of Picardy is a vast plain with open fields, famed for the gruesome Battle of the Somme. The open field system was the prevalent Agricultural system in much of Europe from the Middle Ages to as recently as the 20th century in places The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, fought from July to November 1916 was among the largest battles of the First World War The main crops of Picardy are wheat, sugar beets, and fodder. Wheat ( Triticum spp is a worldwide cultivated grass from the Levant area of the Middle East. Sugar beet ( Beta vulgaris L a member of the Chenopodiaceae family is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of Sucrose. In Agriculture, fodder or animal feed is any Foodstuff that is used specifically to feed Domesticated Livestock, such as Sugar beet was introduced by Napoleon I during the Napoleonic Wars in order to counter the United Kingdom which had seized the sugar islands possessed by France in the Caribbean. Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting The sugar industry made the fortune of Picardy in the 19th century and contributed to the ruin of the sugar economy in the Caribbean. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar
Villages of Picardy have a distinct character, with their houses made of dark red bricks, in contrast with the neighbouring provinces.
A minority of people still speak the Picard language, one of the languages of France, which is also spoken in Artois (Nord-Pas de Calais région). Picard is a Language closely related to French, and as such is one of the larger group of Romance languages. There are a number of languages of France. The French language is by far the most widely spoken and the only Official language of France, but several Artois (Artesië (adjective Artesian) is a former province of northern France. Nord-Pas de Calais (French Nord-Pas de Calais; Dutch Noord-Nauw van Kales) is one of the 26 regions of France. "P'tit quinquin", a song in the Picard dialect, is a symbol of the local culture (and of that of Artois). " P'tit quinquin " is a song by Alexandre Desrousseaux which was written in 1853 in chti'mi ( Picard language)
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