Climate Type
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Oceanic weather with some continental nuances.
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Average temperature
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Summer:20°c, Winter: 6°c.
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Average sunshine
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1700 hours per year.( in Creil)
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Average rainfall
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From 600mm to 1meter.
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Quantity
| Picardy consists of 1 886 000 inhabitants equivalent to 3,2 % of the total French population.
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Current Trend
| The demographic growth in Picardy is the lowest of France(+ 0,22 % per year since 1999, despite the high fecundity rate of 2 children, a rare european fact.
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Population density
| 96 inhabitants per sq.km compared to the total of France of 108,2 inhabitants per sq.km.
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Population age range
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More than 500 000 inhabitants are 20 years old or less.
More than 348000 inhabitants are 60 years old or more.
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Etrangers
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More than 51 000 people born abroad,are considerated as foreigner people.
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Housing Stock
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Picardy accounts for more than 796000 habitations.
including more about 430 000 ownerships.
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Second homes
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Total number of second homes are equivalent to 5% of all housing.
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Ownership
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62% of owners among all housing.
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Average Property prices
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Aisne: Sale= 1 740,74 €/m²
Oise: Sale= 2779 €/m² Rent=11,77 €/m²/mth
Somme : Sale=2749 €/m² Rent =13,88 €/m²/mth
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Surface area
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Urban areas account for 30% of all Picardy.
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Quantity of inhabitants
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Urban areas account for 1/3 of all Picardy inhabitants.
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Regional Capital
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The Picardy region's capital and largest city is Amiens with over 135000 inhabitants.
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Mains urban areas
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Saint Quentin(+59000 inhabitants), Beauvais (+55 000 inhabitants).
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Surface area
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Rural areas account for 70% of all Picardy.
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Quantity of inhabitants
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Rural areas account for 2/3 of all Picardy inhabitants.
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Mains rural areas
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Tillé (+1000 inhabitants), Hombleux (+1000 inhabitants).
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