Editing Amiens (section)

====The ''hortillonages''====
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Amiens is also known for the {{interlanguage link|hortillonnages|fr|3=Hortillonnages d'Amiens}}, gardens on small islands in over {{convert|300|ha|acre}} of marshland between the [[River Somme]] and [[Avre (Somme)|River Avre]], surrounded by a grid network of human-made canals (locally known as "rieux"). They are also known as the "floating gardens of Amiens".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visit-amiens.com/accueil/la_naturelle/les_hortillonnages |title=The Visit Amiens Website |language=fr |publisher=Visit-amiens.com |access-date=1 March 2013 |archive-date=8 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308075326/http://www.visit-amiens.com/accueil/la_naturelle/les_hortillonnages |url-status=dead }}</ref> The ''hortillonnages'' are sometimes called "Little Venice of the North", because of the canals.

''Hortillon'' means [[market garden]] in Picard, and derives from the Latin ''hortillus'', small garden. It is navigated in flat bottom boats, formerly called ''barque à cornet'' [Cornet boat], due to the very raised front, which allows the boats to easily dock on the fragile shores of the cultivated fields. It is the upstream port, located at the foot of the cathedral, where a weekly market is held on the water, although the arrival the growers by boat can only be accomplished once a year, in summer.