Picardy - FRE2

EU regions: France > Hauts-de-France > Picardy

indicator	period	value
long term unemployment	2020	3.9
GDP per capita in PPS of EU average	2019	76
unemployment rate	2020	8.6
employment rate	2020	61.9
number of inhabitants	2020	1 926 629
population density	2019	99.4
percentage of part time workers, men	2020	5.37
percentage of part time workers, women	2020	28.38
life long learning participation	2020	9.5
youth unemployment rate	2020	16.9
unemployment rate of youth with elementary education	2020	38.2
NEET	2020	12.1
old-age dependency ratio	2020	31.5
gender gap in employment rate	2020	87.73
gender gap in unemployment rate	2020	76.29

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Composition of population according to age group, education and economic activity, Picardy

age group	low education	middle education	high education

note: in thousands, according to labour force sample survey. P – total population, E – employed, U – unemployed, I – number of ecnomically inactive

From wikipedia:

Picardy (; Picard and French: Picardie, French pronunciation: ​[pikaʁdi], Picard: [pika(ː)rdi]) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Hauts-de-France. It is located in the northern part of France.

History

The historical province of Picardy stretched from north of Noyon to Calais via the whole of the Somme department and the north of the Aisne department. The province of Artois (Arras area) separated Picardy from French Flanders.

Middle Ages

From the 5th century, the area formed part of the Frankish Empire and, in the feudal period, it encompassed the six countships of Boulogne, Montreuil, Ponthieu, Amiénois, Vermandois and Laonnois. In accordance with the provisions of the 843 Treaty of Verdun, the region became part of West Francia, the later Kingdom of France.

The name „Picardy" derives from the Old French pic, meaning „pike“, the characteristic weapon used by people from this region in ancient times. The term „Picardy" was first used in the early 13th century, during which time the name applied to all lands where the Picard language was spoken including territories from Paris to the Netherlands. In the Latin Quarter of Paris, people identified a "Picard Nation" (Nation Picarde) of students at Sorbonne University, most of whom actually came from Flanders.

other: Hauts-de-France, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Picardy

neighbours: Champagne-Ardenne, Upper Normandy, Île-de-France, Hainaut, Nord-Pas-de-Calais

subregions: Aisne, Oise, Somme

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: EU regions - Picardy - FRE2, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/eu-regions/FRE2

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