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Picardie shield

Picardie

(pĭk´er-dē) (pron: pick-uhr-dee)

Capital: Amiens (pron: ah-mee-ann)
French annexation: 1477

This coat of arms is shown “quartered,” containing arms of the original region of Picardie with those of both Île de France and Buorgogne.

Picardie provincial map