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Picardy (former nation/state/empire) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 003 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 3.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Historic region located in modern France; occupied by Salian Franks in the 5th century; never unified in feudal period; was often contested in Hundred Years' Wars 1337-1453; Valois family established military government here in 1350; taken by Burgundy in 1435; went to France in 1477; saw heavy fighting during World War I in Battle of Picardy in 1918; see also modern region of Picardie. |
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| Picardie (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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............ | name first recorded in 13th cen. |
| Picardie (French,U,N)
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| Picardy (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Picardy historic region (C,V,display)
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| La Picardie (C,V)
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Picardy (former nation/state/empire) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| former nation/state/empire (preferred, C) |
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| historical region (C) |
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| province (H) |
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from 1477 until the French Revolution |
| general region (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| distinguished from .... |
Picardy .......... (former administrative division) |
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(World, Europe, France) [7002890] |
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