Hotels at Amiens booking.com

Amiens

Booking.com

Amiens

General information - Location

Country	France
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 2.2929,Lat: 49.8907
Elevation	35 meter above sea level
Local time	21:01:41pm
Name province/region	Picardie
Name Subregion	Somme
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Amiens
Name	Amiens

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rivery	3 km	EastNorthEast
2 Salouël	3.5 km	SouthWest
3 Camon	3.5 km	East
4 Dury	3.9 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Pont-de-Metz	4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Paris	France	115 km	South
2 Brussel	Belgium	181 km	EastNorthEast
3 London	England	233 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The English Channel is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 54 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Scheldt (Brussels Area). The nearest bigger lake is Mare à Goriaux (0.8 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 98.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Belgium border with a straight distance of 99.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 139 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
La traversée d'Amiens - Vallée de la Somme

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Charles de Gaulle International Airport (at a distance of 99 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.3 km2

1.7%

Nature

2.2 km2

2.9%

Agriculture

37.4 km2

47.6%

Urban area

33 km2

42%

Infrastructure

0.9 km2

1.1%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Amiens in country France

Amiens at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amiens Cathedral	France	0.8 km	EastNorthEast
2 Belfries of Belgium and France	Belgium,France	74 km	EastNorthEast
3 Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin	France	110 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Marais de la moyenne Somme entre Amiens et Corbie	FR	1.5 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Amiens
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Amiens
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

france aeas

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Amiens

Type of weather in Amiens	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.85 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	06:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam