Editing Amiens (section)

==Politics and administration==
===Municipal administration===
The Amiens [[Municipal elections in France#Number and Election of Municipal Councilors|municipal council]] has 55 elected members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legifrance.gouv.fr/affichCodeArticle.do?cidTexte=LEGITEXT000006070633&idArticle=LEGIARTI000027433884&dateTexte=20150602|title=L2121-2|work=legifrance.gouv.fr}}</ref>

As a result of the [[2014 French municipal elections|French municipal elections of 2014]], the distribution of seats is as follows:

{| class="toccolours"  style="margin:auto; text-align:center;"
|+ '''Municipal council of Amiens''' (2014–2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Municipales/elecresult__MN2014|title=Résultats des élections municipales et communautaires 2014|first=Ministère de|last=l'Intérieur|website=interieur.gouv.fr/Elections/Les-resultats/Municipales/elecresult__MN2014}}</ref>
|-
! List
! Party
! President
! Seats
! Status
|-
| ''Groupe "Rassemblés pour Amiens" (RPA)''<br />{{lit}} {{small|Group "Gathered for Amiens"}}
| [[Union of Democrats and Independents|UDI]]-[[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]]-[[Democratic Movement (France)|MoDem]]
| [[Brigitte Fouré]]
| 42
| Majority
|-
| ''Groupe des élus socialistes''<br />{{lit}} {{small|Group of Socialist elected officials}}
| [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
| Didier Cardon
| 5
| Opposition
|- 
| ''Groupe Europe Écologie Les Verts''<br />{{lit}} {{small|Group Europe Ecology – The Greens}}
| [[Europe Ecology – The Greens|EELV]]
| Thomas Hutin and Marion Lepresle<br />(joint presidents)
| 2
| Opposition
|-
| ''Groupe des élus municipaux communistes''<br />{{lit}} {{small|Group of communist elected officials}}
| [[French Communist Party|PCF]]
| Jacques Lessard
| 2
| Opposition
|-
| ''Groupe Amiens Bleu Marine''<br />{{lit}} {{small|Group Amiens Navy Blue}}
| [[National Front (France)|FN]]
| Yves Dupille
| 4
| Opposition
|}

===The cantons===
{{Main|Cantons of the Somme department}}

Amiens is divided into seven [[Cantons of the Somme department|cantons]]:
{| rules="all" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" style="margin:auto; border:1px solid #999;"
|-  style="background:lightgrey; text-align:center;"
| '''Canton''' || '''[[Constituency (France)|Constituency]]''' || '''Departmental councillors'''|| '''Party'''|| '''Population''' || '''Cantonal code'''
|-
|[[Canton of Amiens-1]] ||Fully within the commune of Amiens||Claude Chaidron and Dolorès Esteban||align=center|[[Left Front (France)|FG]] ||align=center|26,762 || align=center|''80 06''
|-
|[[Canton of Amiens-2]] ||Formed from a part of Amiens and the communes of [[Allonville]], [[Bertangles]], [[Cardonnette]], [[Coisy]], [[Montonvillers]], [[Poulainville]], [[Querrieu]], [[Rainneville]], [[Saint-Gratien, Somme|Saint-Gratien]], [[Villers-Bocage, Somme|Villers-Bocage]] ||Zohra Darras and Francis Lec ||align=center|[[Miscellaneous left|DVG]] – [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]] ||align=center| 23,827 || align=center|''80 07''
|-
|[[Canton of Amiens-3]] ||Formed from a part of Amiens and the communes of [[Aubigny, Somme|Aubigny]], [[Bussy-lès-Daours]], [[Camon, Somme|Camon]], [[Daours]], [[Lamotte-Brebière]], [[Rivery]], [[Vecquemont]]||Marion Lepresle and Jean-Claude Renaux ||align=center|[[Europe Ecology – The Greens|EELV]] -[[French Communist Party|PCF]] ||align=center| 27,020 || align=center|''80 08''
|-
|[[Canton of Amiens-4]] ||Formed from a part of Amiens and the communes of [[Blangy-Tronville]], [[Cachy]], [[Gentelles]], [[Glisy]], [[Longueau]], [[Villers-Bretonneux]] ||Nathalie Marchand and Jean-Louis Piot || align=center|[[French Communist Party|PCF]] – [[Socialist Party (France)|PS]] ||align=center| 24,853 || align=center|''80 09''
|-
|[[Canton of Amiens-5]] ||Formed from a part of Amiens and the communes of [[Boves, Somme|Boves]], [[Cagny, Somme|Cagny]] ||Philippe Casier and Blandine Denis ||align=center|[[Parti socialiste (France)|PS]] – [[Europe Ecology – The Greens|EELV]] ||align=center| 24,535 || align=center|''80 10''
|-
|[[Canton of Amiens-6]] ||Formed from a part of Amiens and the communes of [[Dury, Somme|Dury]], [[Hébécourt, Somme|Hébécourt]], [[Rumigny, Somme|Rumigny]], [[Sains-en-Amiénois]], [[Saint-Fuscien]] ||Hubert de Jenlis and France Fongueuse || align=center|[[Union of Democrats and Independents|UDI]] ||align=center| 25,969 || align=center|''80 11''
|-
|[[Canton of Amiens-7]] ||Formed from a part of Amiens and the communes of [[Pont-de-Metz]], [[Saleux]], [[Salouël]], [[Vers-sur-Selles]] ||Margaux Delétré and [[Olivier Jardé]]  || align=center|[[Union for a Popular Movement|UMP]] – [[Union of Democrats and Independents|UDI]] ||align=center| 27,188 || align=center|''80 12''
|}

===Deputies===
Amiens is divided into two legislative districts (as of the {{interlanguage link|2022 elections|fr|3=Élections législatives de 2022 dans la Somme}}):
* [[Somme's 1st constituency]] (including Amiens II North-West, Amiens IV East, Amiens VIII North): [[François Ruffin]] (Picardie Debout, [[New Ecological and Social People's Union|NUPES]])
* [[Somme's 2nd constituency]] (including Amiens I West, Amiens III North-East, Amiens V South-East, Amiens VII South-West, Amiens VI South): [[Barbara Pompili]] ([[Renaissance (French political party)|RE]])

===List of mayors===
On 4 April 2014, [[Brigitte Fouré]] ([[Union of Democrats and Independents|IDU]] <small>([[New Centre|NC]])</small>) succeeded {{interlanguage link|Gilles Demailly|fr}} ([[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]) as {{interlanguage link|List of mayors of Amiens|fr|3=Liste des maires d'Amiens|lt=mayor of Amiens}}. Her list was {{interlanguage link|Municipal elections in Amiens|fr|3=Élections municipales à Amiens|lt=elected}} in the second round on 30 March 2014 with 50.39% of the votes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2014/03/30/resultats-municipales-amiens-rebascule-droite_n_5041209.html|title=Résultats municipales 2014: Amiens rebascule une nouvelle fois|date=30 March 2014|work=Huffington Post}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto;"
|+ Mayors of Amiens since 1944
! Start
! End
! Name
! Party
! Other details
|-
|24 September 1944
|27 May 1950
|{{interlanguage link|Maurice Vast|fr}}
|[[French Section of the Workers' International|SFIO]]
|Industrialist, he ran the oils and fats business of "Igol". Mayor from 24 September 1944. Resigned on 27 May 1950. Councillor acting as Mayor until 7 June 1950.
|-
|7 June 1950
|7 July 1950
|
|
|Following the resignation of Maurice Vast, who was outvoted, the city was administered by a special delegation led by Eugène Jolibois.
|-
|7 July 1950
|7 May 1953
|Maurice Vast
|[[French Section of the Workers' International|SFIO]]
|
|-
|7 May 1953
|22 March 1959
|Camille Goret
|[[French Section of the Workers' International|SFIO]]
|Lawyer
|-
|22 March 1959
|28 March 1971
|Maurice Vast
|[[French Section of the Workers' International|SFIO]] then [[Miscellaneous left|DVG]] allied to the [[Union for the New Republic (France)|UNR]]
|
|-
|28 March 1971
|24 March 1989
|[[René Lamps]]
|[[French Communist Party|PCF]]
|Teacher and {{interlanguage link|Professeur d'enseignement général de collège|fr|3=Professeur d'enseignement général de collège|lt=Professor of general education of college}}
|-
|24 March 1989
|27 June 2002
|[[Gilles de Robien]]
|UDF-PR then [[Union for French Democracy|UDF]]
|[[Insurance broker]] and loan officer. Resigned in 2002 to join the Government.
|-
|27 June 2002
|29 March 2007
|[[Brigitte Fouré]]
|[[Union for French Democracy|UDF]]
|[[Academic rank in France|Maître de conférence]] in [[private law]]. Resigned on the return of [[Gilles de Robien]].
|-
|29 March 2007
|21 March 2008
|[[Gilles de Robien]]
|[[Union for French Democracy|UDF]] then [[New Centre|NC]]
|
|-
|21 March 2008
|4 April 2014
|{{interlanguage link|Gilles Demailly|fr}}
|[[Socialist Party (France)|PS]]
|[[Research fellow|Researcher and teacher]], specialist in the chemistry of sugars
|-
|1 April 2015
|In progress
|[[Brigitte Fouré]]
|[[Union of Democrats and Independents|UDI]] <small>([[New Centre|NC]])</small>
|
|}

===Judicial and administrative authorities===
Amiens is a city marked by a strong judicial tradition, with the historical presence of its [[Court of Appeal (France)|Court of Appeal]], the {{interlanguage link|Cour d'appel d'Amiens|fr|3=Cour d'appel d'Amiens}}, as well as all courts of first and second degree of {{interlanguage link|Ordre judiciaire in France|fr|3=Ordre judiciaire en France|lt=judicial order}}. The Court of Appeal of Amiens has jurisdiction over the three departments of Picardy, with nine {{interlanguage link|Tribunal de grande instance (France)|fr|3=Tribunal de grande instance (France)|lt=high courts}}.

More recently, Amiens has become the seat of:
* The {{interlanguage link|Cour nationale de l'incapacité et de la tarification de l'assurance des accidents du travail|fr|3=Cour nationale de l'incapacité et de la tarification de l'assurance des accidents du travail|lt=national court of disability and the pricing of insurance for work accidents}}.<ref>{{interlanguage link|Code de la sécurité sociale (France)|fr|3=Code de la sécurité sociale (France)|lt=Code de la sécurité sociale}}, art. R. 143–16, issued with the {{interlanguage link|Décret en France|fr|3=Décret en France|lt=décret}} no.2003-614 of 3 July 2003.</ref>
* An {{interlanguage link|Tribunal administratif (France)|fr|3=Tribunal administratif (France)|lt=administrative tribunal}} whose rulings may be {{interlanguage link|Appeal in French justice|fr|3=Appel dans la justice française|lt=appealed}} to the {{interlanguage link|Cour administrative d'appel|fr|3=Cour administrative d'appel|lt=administrative court of appeal}} of [[Douai]].
* The {{interlanguage link|Chambre régionale des comptes|fr|3=Chambre régionale des comptes|lt=Regional Chamber of Auditors}} of Picardy.