The Canton of Picquigny is a former canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Picardy region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It had 18,451 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 80 Somme, INSEE
Geography The canton is organised around the commune of Picquigny in the arrondissement of Amiens. The altitude varies from 6 m at Flixecourt to 134 m at Vignacourt for an average of 50 m.
The canton comprised 21 communes:
Ailly-sur-Somme Belloy-sur-Somme Bettencourt-Saint-Ouen Bouchon Bourdon Breilly Cavillon La Chaussée-Tirancourt Condé-Folie Crouy-Saint-Pierre L'Étoile Ferrières Flixecourt Fourdrinoy Hangest-sur-Somme Le Mesge Picquigny Soues Vignacourt Ville-le-Marclet Yzeux
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Population 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 150381608418248183361773517702 Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting
See also Arrondissements of the Somme department Cantons of the Somme department Communes of the Somme department
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