AMIENS

AMIENS, the capital city of Picardy, in France, situated on the river Somme, in E. long. $2^\{\backslash circ\}\; 30\text{'}$, and N. lat. $49^\{\backslash circ\}\; 50\text{'}$. It is a beautiful town, and a bishop's see, under the archbishop of Rheims. Here too is an university of considerable note.